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Subject: Lyr Add: STAGALEE (from J & A Lomax) From: Metchosin Date: 08 Nov 99 - 05:50 PM This variation of Stagalee was collected February 9, 1910 from a Miss Ella Scott Fisher, San Angelo Texas and appears in a Compilation of American Ballads and Folk Songs (1934) by John and Allan Lomax. It was sung as a work song on the levees while loading and unloading the river freighters.
Stagalee (Variation)
"Twas a Christmas morning,
Billy Lyons' old woman
Messenger boy came to the winder,
(Billy's Old Woman:)
(Stagalee's Friend:)
(Policeman, a little scared of Stagalee:)
(Stagalee in jail:)
(Council for the Defense:)
(Counsel for the Prosecution:)
Stagalee's old woman |
Subject: Lyr Add: STAGOLEE From: GUEST,Tony of Hertford Date: 10 May 04 - 05:35 AM Here's a version we used to sing in the funny farm: Stagolee was a bad man, as everybody knows Stole a hundred dollars, to poke something up his nose He was a bad man, that mean old Stagolee Stagolee shot Billy Lyons, cos Billy stole his favourite hat he wore it to church on Sunday. Whatcha think about that? He was a bad man, that mean old Stagolee Billy said I got two little children and a tender loving wife and a mother-in-law of eight four, so please spare my life. He was a bad man, that mean old Stagolee Now what do I care about your brats, or your mean-faced sharp-tongued wife Or your mother in law and her slack jaw, You never had a life! He was a bad man, that mean old Stagolee The judge said Stagolee, remove your hat, you know that crime don't pay So off to the electric chair and have a real nice day! He was a bad man, that mean old Stagolee At twelve o'clock they pulled the switch and in that chair he died Last thing he said was "Take my hat, I don't want to see it fried.' He was a bad man, that mean old Stagolee He was a bad man, that mean old Stagolee |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Stagalee From: GUEST,Jim Dixon Date: 10 May 04 - 02:47 PM "mother-in-law of eight four" -- what does that mean? eight stone, four pounds? |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Stagalee From: dick greenhaus Date: 11 May 04 - 12:26 AM Make that eighty four. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Stagalee; adapt from Miss. John Hurt From: Earfirst Date: 10 Mar 18 - 06:43 PM Stagolee adaptation Researching shorter ballad-like repertoire, I hit upon Stagolee as done by Mississippi John Hurt. He presents the early action in spoken prose. Our usual audience isn't used to that, so I versified MJH's preface, setting up the excuse for the murder in an un-historical way. I cut the action off at the murder itself; the trial and Stag's defiant words are outside the audience expectations. Here's my version (copyleft); use it as you like and maybe credit "Dog-Dare Dave". ________________________ Stagolee Tell y'bout a bad man, mean as a man can be. Made himself a name, a name to fear and the name was Stagolee. That bad man, that cruel Stagolee! Po- licin' Officer: how can it be you can 'rest ever'body but mean Stagolee? That bad man, ... Down in the coal mine we done robbed, gamblin' goin' on, money all flyin' and lyin' around and coldly lookin' on: That bad man, ... Billy Bildad, he thinks he's bad, got a 45 lyin' by. He's ridin' high, and by and by Stagolee gives him the eye, That bad man, ... "Boys, look at all that money just a-lyin' there on the floor. How'd we be if old _ Stagolee come walkin' thu that door? That bad man, ... Stop our playin', hear Billy sayin' "Wouldn' make no never-mind. Stag's gun don't shoot, no rooty-toot-toot, one skeeterfart harder than mine." That bad man, ... Stag knocks his own hat off, lands smack in Billy's lap. It's plain to see, old Stagolee is spoilin' fer a scrap. That bad man, ... Billy looks at that Stetson hat, then he looks 'roun' at the rest. He's startin' to think he's on the brink of somethin' not fer the best. That bad man, ... "Stagolee, Stagolee, please don't take my life." Says "I've _ got _ two little babies and a darlin' lovin' wife." That bad man, ... "Why I care 'bout yer two little babies, darlin' lovin' wife? You done stole my Stetson hat, I'm bound to take your life. It's a magic hat!" (that cruel Stagolee!) Boom-boom, boom-boom, with a forty-four. Next thing we see it's poor Bil-lee, he's lyin' dead on the floor. That bad man, ... Po- licin' Officer: how can it be you can 'rest ever'body but mean Stagolee? That bad man, ... CODA: That bad man, that cruel, Don't care about no rule, That lowdown showdown fool STAGOLEE. DZ, 2018\3\10 earfirst.net |
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