ballad simply because it is unusual and colorful.

An examination
of the Lee Line records, if they still exist, and of the Lee family
papers, if there are any, might yield interesting results, as might
a search of the criminal court records of Shelby County, Tennes
see, at Memphis. Such further investigation, however, at least so
far as the present researcher is concerned, lies somewhere in the
indefinite future.

NOTES

1. Hurst, Richard M„ "On the Relationship of Folklore and History," Journal of the Ohio
Folklore Society (Winter, 1966), pp. 63-74.
2. Variously spelled Stackerlee, Stacker Lee, Stack O' Lee, Stackolee , Stackalee , Stagger
Lee, Staggerlee, Stagalee, Stagolee.
3. Odum, Howard W., "Folk-Songs and Folk-Poetry as Found in Secular Songs of the
Southern Negro," Journal of American Folklore, XXIV (1911), pp. 288-289.
4. Variously spelled Billy Lyons, Bully Lyons, Billy Lion, Billy the Lion, Billy Lee, Billy
Galion and Bully.
6. Lomax, John A. and Alan Lomax, "Stagolee, Version B," American Ballads and Folk
Songs (New York, 1934), p. 139.
6. Dorson, Richard M., "Negro Folklore," Western Folklore, XIII: 3 (July, 1964) , pp. 160-162,
7- Materials collected by Abrahams in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania were sent me in 1961 and
have since been published in his book, Deep Down in the Jungle (Hatboro, 1964) .
8. Sigmund Spaeth says of the version of the ballad which he prints in Weep No More My
Lady (New York, 1927), that it is in the possession of S. J. Duffield, of Lodi, California
(p. 131), but there is no indication as to where the song was collected.
9. Lomax, p. 137.
10. Taken from a letter to the author from Roger Abrahams of the University of Texas,
April 4, 1961.
11. Curtis, Joe, "60 Years Ago. Jan. 16 Capt. James Lee Died," The Commercial Appeal ,
Memphis. Tennessee (November 9, 1938), p. 24.
12. Information in a letter to the author from Lynne Hunting, Mills College, Sept. 6, 1961.
13. "Stack Lee Dead . The Well-Known Steamboatman and Ex-Confederate Quietly Passes
Away," The Public Ledger1, Memphis, Tennessee (April 3, 1890); p. 1.
14. "Capt. Stack Lee Dead: The Final Port of the Well-Known Riverman," The Memphis
Daily Commercial, Memphis, Tennessee (April 4, 1890), p. 6.
16. Mathes, Capt. J. Harvey, The Old Guard in Grey: Researches in the Annals of the Con
federate Historical Association; Sketches of Memphis Veterans Who Upheld Her Standard
in the War*, and of Other Confederate Worthies (Memphis, 1897), p. 140.
16. Memphis Daily Commercial (April 4, 1890). p. 6.
17. "Peace to His Ashes: Capt. Stack Lee Passes Away, After a Brief Illness," Memphis
Daily Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee (April 4, 1890), p. 6, and "Stack Lee Dead," The
Public Ledger (April 3, 1890), p. 1.
18. [Obituary: Capt. Stacker S. Lee], Memphis Daily Commercial (April 4, 1890), p. 4.
19. Memphis Daily Commercial (April 4, 1890), p. 6.
20. Odum, p. 288. | 1
21. Lomax, p. 137.

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