Lyrics

Police officer, how can it be
You can ‘rest everybody but cruel Staggolee
That bad man, cruel Staggolee

Billy Lyon told Staggolee “Please don’t take my life
I got two little babies, and a darlin’ lovin’ wife”
That bad man, cruel Staggolee

“What I care, about your little babes, your darlin’ lovin' wife?
You done stole my Stetson hat, and I’m bound to take your life”
That bad man, cruel Staggolee

Boom boom, boom boom, went a forty-four
When I spied Billy, he was lyin’ down on the floor
That bad man, cruel Staggolee

“People of the jury, what you think about that?
Staggolee killed Billy for a five-dollar Stetson hat”
Oh that bad man, cruel Staggolee

All the people gathered round, hands way up high
At twelve o’clock they killed him, they were glad to see him die
That bad man, cruel Staggolee