Stackalee

==General Information==
Performer: Frank Hutchison 
Instrumentation: Guitar, Harmonica
Date of recording: 1927
Record label: Okeh
Serial #:45106 (W80-359A)
==Summary==
(As summarized by Harry Smith, The Anthology Of American Folk Music)
"THEFT OF STETSON HAT CAUSES DEADLY DISPUTE. VICTIM IDENTIFIES SELF AS FAMILY MAN" (5).
==Information On This Song==
This Ballad is a rendition of Stackolee. This rendition is fits "Version A" the best. The lines "Stackalee said to the jailer,\"Jailer I can't sleep\'round my bedside,\Billy Lyons begins to creep" are also found in some variations of Delia.
==Albums Featuring This Song==
* The Anthology Of American Folk Music
* Worried Blues (album)
* Frank Hutchison Vol. 1
* Good For What Ails You!
* Prayers From Hell
* Old Time
==Related Articles==
* List Of Ballad Renditions
* Frankie
==External Links==
* Youtube video featuring this song
Category:Folk Songs Category:The Anthology Of American Folk Music Category:Ballads