The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #3018 Message #57763
Posted By: Art Thieme
09-Feb-99 - 02:13 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Stagger Lee / Stack O'Lee / etc.
Subject: RE: Stagger Lee
I've always heard that the man's name was simply LEE and he was a STACKER OF COTTON BALES on the docks of New Orleans---therefore STACKERLEE.