Lyrics:

I remember one September
On one Friday night
Stack O'Lee and Billy Lyon
Had a great fight
When you lose your money
Learn to lose

Billy Lyon shot six bits
Stack he bet he passed
Stackerlee out with a forty-five
Said you've done shot your last
When you lose your money
Learn to lose

Lord, a woman came a running
Fell down on her knees
Crying, O Mister Stakerlee
Don't shoot my brother please
When you lose your money
Learn to lose

Now you talking about some gambler
Oughta seen Richard Lee
Shot one thousand dollars
And come out on a three
When you lose your money
Learn to lose

Lord the judge told the sheriff
We want him dead or alive
How in the world can we bring him in
When he totes a forty-five
When you lose your money
Learn to lose

Lord the woman told the judge
My husband's name Jack Shelf
Wanna 'rest poor Stackerlee
Better go somewheres else
When you lose your money
Learn to lose