Ma Rainey — Stack O Lee Blues

[Verse 1] Stack O' Lee was a bad man Everybody knows And when they see Stack O' Lee comin' They'd give him the road He was my man But he done me wrong [Verse 2] Stack O' Lee, Stack O' Lee Was short-tempered and bad He'd take everything his women would bring And everything they had He was my man But he done me wrong [Verse 3] Stack O' Lee's on the warpath And you'd better run 'Cause Stack O' Lee [?] bad man And he'll kill you just for fun He was my man But he done you wrong [Verse 4] Stack O' Lee's in jail now With his face turned to the wall Pretty women and old corn whiskey Was the cause of it all He was my man But hе done you wrong [Verse 5] A hundred-dollar coffin And a eighty-dollar hat Carriеd him to the cemetery But it did not bring him back He was my man But he done me wrong