Biography:
Arthel Lane "Doc" Watson (March 3, 1923, Deep Gap, North Carolina – May 29, 2012, Winston-Salem, North Carolina) was a guitar player, banjo player, songwriter and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, blues and gospel music.
Doc played guitar in both flatpicking and fingerpicking style, but was best known for his flatpick work. His virtuosity combined with his authenticity as a mountain musician made him a highly influential figure during the folk music revival.
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Other songs:
- Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
- Deep River Blues
- A
- Alberta
- Banks Of The Ohio
- Big Spike Hammer
- Blue Railroad Train
- Born About Six Thousand Years Ago
- Call Of The Road
- Columbus Stockade Blues
- Crawdad Hole Song
- Curly Headed Baby
- Docs Guitar
- Dont Monkey Round My Widder
- Dream Of The Miners Child
- Footprints In The Snow
- Gamblers Yodel
- Georgie
- Going Down This Road Feeling Bad
- Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
- Greenville Trestle High
- Handsome Molly
- I Couldnt Believe It Was True
- I Saw A Man At The Close Of Day
- Im Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
- In Case You Ever Change Your Mind
- Life Gits Teejus Dont It
- Listening To The Rain
- Little Darlin Pal Of Mine
- Little Orphan Girl
- Little Sadie
- Little Stream Of Whiskey
- Lost John
- Mama Dont Allow No Music
- Mandman With A Box
- Matchbox Blues
- Matty Groves
- Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
- Moody River
- More Pretty Girls Than One
- My Creole Belle
- My Rose Of Old Kentucky
- Nashville Picking
- Never No Mo Blues
- Nobodys Fault But Mine
- Nothin To It
- Old Camp Meeting Time
- Omie Wise
- Peach Picking Time In Georgia
- Ready For The Times To Get Better
- Rising Sun Blues
- Rye Cove
- Shady Grove
- Sitting On Top Of The World
- St James Hospital
- St James Infirmary
- Stackolee
- Streamline Cannonball
- Summertime
- T For Texas
- Tennessee Rag
- Tennessee Stud
- The Riddle Song
- The Telephone Girl
- The Train That Carried My Girl From Town
- Three Times Seven
- Tom Dooley
- Train Whistle Blues
- Traveling Man
- Treasures Untold
- Uncloudy Day
- Walk On Boy
- Way Downtown
- Weary Blues
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From the albums 'Trouble in mind' also on 'Ballads from Deep Gap'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG-cYTBVMIE
[Intro]
D G7 D A7 D
[Verse 1]
D D7
All out in the alley on a dark and dreary night
G D
Bill Lyons and old Stackolee they had one awful fight
A7 D
Twas all about a John B Stetson hat
[Verse 2]
D D7
Billy went to the bar room to get him a glass of beer
G D
Old Stackolee comes thumping in he said what are you doing here
A7 D
That bad man, they call me Stackolee
[Instrumental]
D D7 G D A7 D
[Verse 3]
D D7
Old Stackolee says to Billy "I'm gonna kill you dead,
G D
You taken all of my money and the stetson right off a' my head
A7 D
Yeah I'm gonna kill you they call me Stackolee".
[Verse 4]
D D7
Bill Lyons says "Now Stackolee wont you please spare my life,
G D
I got two little children and a darling loving wife,
A7 D
Don't kill me, don't kill me Stackolee".
[Verse 5]
D D7
Old Stacky says to Billy "No I aint gonna spare your life
G D
God bless your little children son and I'll take care of your wife
A7 D
I'm that bad man they call me Stackolee".
[Verse 6]
D D7
Old Stackolee shot poor Billy he shot him right through the head
G D
Now it only taken one .44 ball to kill poor Billy dead
A7 D
That bad man that rascal Stackolee
[Instrumental]
D D7 G D A7 D
[Verse 7]
D D7
All out in the alley I heard my bulldog bark
G D
He's a'barking at old Stackolee he went stumblin' through the dark
A7 D
That bad man he's scared too, that awful Stackolee
[Verse 8]
D D7
When the sheriff found old Stackolee he found him fast asleep
G D
An when he waken ole Stack up he said he jumped about forty feet
A7 D
Well he's a bad man, yes they caught old Stackolee
[Verse 9]
D D7
Then Stack says to the Jailer, Mr Jailer I can't sleep
G D7
Every time I close my eyes at night Bill Lyons begins to creep
A7 D
All around this jailhouse all the time
[Instrumental]
D D7 G D A7 D
[Verse 10]
D D7
Men folks all a'laughin'. women folks all a'cryin'
G D
See the folks ar coming from miles around just to see ol' Stackolee a'dying
A7 D
That bad man yeah they called him Stackolee
[Verse 11]
D D7
Old Stack standing up on the scaffold an' he began to curse
G D
An the Sherriff said "Lets hang him boys before he kills one of us".
A7 D
He's a bad man, they call him Stackolee
[Verse 11]
D D7
Somebody tripped that scaffold and old Stack went down below
G D
When the devil seen him a'coming he says I hates this rascal so
A7 D
We don't need him down here
[Verse 12]
D D7
Stack grabbed the devil by the collar and he threwed him up on the shelf
G D
Said get out of here you son of a gun I'll run this place myself
A7 D
I'm a bad man yes they call me Stackolee
[Outro]
D D7 G D A7 D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG-cYTBVMIE
[Intro]
D G7 D A7 D
[Verse 1]
D D7
All out in the alley on a dark and dreary night
G D
Bill Lyons and old Stackolee they had one awful fight
A7 D
Twas all about a John B Stetson hat
[Verse 2]
D D7
Billy went to the bar room to get him a glass of beer
G D
Old Stackolee comes thumping in he said what are you doing here
A7 D
That bad man, they call me Stackolee
[Instrumental]
D D7 G D A7 D
[Verse 3]
D D7
Old Stackolee says to Billy "I'm gonna kill you dead,
G D
You taken all of my money and the stetson right off a' my head
A7 D
Yeah I'm gonna kill you they call me Stackolee".
[Verse 4]
D D7
Bill Lyons says "Now Stackolee wont you please spare my life,
G D
I got two little children and a darling loving wife,
A7 D
Don't kill me, don't kill me Stackolee".
[Verse 5]
D D7
Old Stacky says to Billy "No I aint gonna spare your life
G D
God bless your little children son and I'll take care of your wife
A7 D
I'm that bad man they call me Stackolee".
[Verse 6]
D D7
Old Stackolee shot poor Billy he shot him right through the head
G D
Now it only taken one .44 ball to kill poor Billy dead
A7 D
That bad man that rascal Stackolee
[Instrumental]
D D7 G D A7 D
[Verse 7]
D D7
All out in the alley I heard my bulldog bark
G D
He's a'barking at old Stackolee he went stumblin' through the dark
A7 D
That bad man he's scared too, that awful Stackolee
[Verse 8]
D D7
When the sheriff found old Stackolee he found him fast asleep
G D
An when he waken ole Stack up he said he jumped about forty feet
A7 D
Well he's a bad man, yes they caught old Stackolee
[Verse 9]
D D7
Then Stack says to the Jailer, Mr Jailer I can't sleep
G D7
Every time I close my eyes at night Bill Lyons begins to creep
A7 D
All around this jailhouse all the time
[Instrumental]
D D7 G D A7 D
[Verse 10]
D D7
Men folks all a'laughin'. women folks all a'cryin'
G D
See the folks ar coming from miles around just to see ol' Stackolee a'dying
A7 D
That bad man yeah they called him Stackolee
[Verse 11]
D D7
Old Stack standing up on the scaffold an' he began to curse
G D
An the Sherriff said "Lets hang him boys before he kills one of us".
A7 D
He's a bad man, they call him Stackolee
[Verse 11]
D D7
Somebody tripped that scaffold and old Stack went down below
G D
When the devil seen him a'coming he says I hates this rascal so
A7 D
We don't need him down here
[Verse 12]
D D7
Stack grabbed the devil by the collar and he threwed him up on the shelf
G D
Said get out of here you son of a gun I'll run this place myself
A7 D
I'm a bad man yes they call me Stackolee
[Outro]
D D7 G D A7 D
Dog Is Dead
Dogs Die In Hot (...)
Doja Cat
Dolls United
Dolly