Hawlin Alley on a dark and drizzly night
  Billy Lyons and Stack-A-Lee had one terrible fight
  All about that John B. Stetson Hat.
  
  Stack-A-Lee walked to the bar-room and he called for a glass of beer
  Turned around to Billy Lyons, said "What you doin' here ?"
  "Waitin' for a train to bring my woman home."
  
  "Stack-A-Lee, oh Stack-A-Lee please don't take my life
  Got three little children and a weepin', loving wife
  You're a bad man, bad man Stack-A-Lee."
  
  "God bless your children and I'll take care of your wife
  You stole my John B., now I'm bound to take your life"
  All about that John B. Stetson Hat.
  
  Stack-A-Lee turned to Billy Lyons and shot him right through the head
  Only taking one shot to kill Billy Lyons dead
  All about that John B. Stetson Hat.
  
  Sent for the doctor, well the doctor he did come
  Just pointed out Stack-A-Lee, said, "Now what have you done ?"
  You're a bad man, bad man Stack-A-Lee.
  
  Six big horses and a rubber-tired hack
  Taking him to the cemetery, but they failed to bring him back
  All about that John B. Stetson Hat.
  
  Hawlin Alley, thought I heard the bulldogs bark
  It must have been old Stack-A-Lee stumbling in the dark
  He's a bad man, gonna land him right back in jail.
  
  High police walked on to Stack-A-Lee, he was lying fast asleep
  High police catched Stack-A-Lee, and he jumped forty feet
  He's a bad man, gonna land him right back in jail.
  
  Well they got old Stack-A-Lee, and they led him right back in jail
  Couldn't get a man around to go Stack-A-Lee's bail
  All about that John B. Stetson Hat.
  
  Stack-A-Lee turned to the jailer, he said "Jailer, I can't sleep
  'Round my bedside Billy Lyons begin to creep"
  All about that John B. Stetson Hat.