Police officer, how can it be?nYou can 'rest everybody but cruel Stack O' LeenThat bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' LeenBilly de Lyon told Stack O' Lee, Please don't take my life,nI got two little babies, and a darlin' lovin' wifenThat bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' LeenWhat I care about you little babies, your darlin' lovin' wife?nYou done stole my Stetson1 hat, I'm bound to take your lifennThat bad man, cruel Stack O' Leen...with the forty-fournWhen I spied Billy de Lyon, he was lyin' down on the floornThat bad man, oh cruel Stack O' LeenGentleman's of the jury, what do you think of that?nStack O' Lee killed Billy de Lyon about a five-dollar Stetson hatnThat bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' LeenAnd all they gathered, hands way up high,nat twelve o'clock they killed him, they's all glad to see him dienThat bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' Lee