SongEra: Jim Crow

Stackerlee (Stagger Lee)

Name: Stackerlee (Stagger Lee)
Description: Traditional African-American ballad based on the 1895 St. Louis killing of Billy Lyons by "Stag" Lee Shelton; its text was first published by Howard Odum…

c. 1911(Approximate date)· Traditional (artist)

Artist: Traditional
Genre: ballad

Traditional African-American ballad based on the 1895 St. Louis killing of Billy Lyons by "Stag" Lee Shelton; its text was first published by Howard Odum in 1911, with the first recording in 1923.

Sources & citations

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2.udiscovermusic.comwebsite
3.staggerlee.comwebsite
4.staggerlee.comwebsite