This episode is the popular blues song "Stag O Lee" recorded by Mississippi John Hurt (1928).  The song's lyrics were based on the murder of William "Billy" Lyons by "Stagger" Lee Shelton on Christmas Eve, 1895 in St. Louis, Missouri.

This episode is the popular blues song "Stag O Lee" recorded by Mississippi John Hurt (1928). The song's lyrics were based on the murder of William "Billy" Lyons by "Stagger" Lee Shelton on Christmas Eve, 1895 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Episode 189: "Stag O Lee Blues"

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Episode 189: "Stag O Lee Blues"

Episode 189: "Stag O Lee Blues"