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Uploaded by on Apr 29, 2009

Sung by "Bama', recorded 1947 Parchman Farm, MS. Recorded by Alan Lomax.
There are many songs about Stackerlee, or Stagger Lee, or Stagolee etc. but this one is my absolute favorite.
Apparently there was an actual person that inspired the Stackerlee songs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stagger_Lee

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  • @yerbluesdice Looks like everyone thinks I have a life :/

  • @Theayto thumbs up if you think theayto has no life. stop with  that bullshit, this is for amy

  • I love the album this is from. It is called "Prison Songs, Volume 1: Murderous Home, Historical Recordings from Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman Farm 1947-1948". It's beautiful.

  • my favorite so far!!!

  • Thanks for posting such an honest version of this song - so soulful.

  • absolutely beautiful.

  • god bless john and alan lomax

    thanks for keeping it alive.

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