I found myself humming the soft, simple melody of “Stack O’Lee” over and over again. Mississippi John Hurt’s tone of voice doesn’t really change all that much through out the song, which makes it easy to follow. It seemed like the lyrics of the song were showing sympathy toward Stack O’ Lee, although quotes like, “And all they gathered, hands way up high, at twelve o'clock they killed him, they's all glad to see him die” show that he is hated by many people. Mississippi John Hurt sings the song like he is almost sad or depressed because Stack O’Lee is dead, further indicating the sympathy shown in the song. The structure of the song is pretty straightforward. What it looks like to me is the songs has two verses with three stanzas in each verse and three lines in each stanza, and the last line of every stanza repeats the line “That bad man, oh, cruel Stack O' Lee.” The form of the song is A A’ B and at the end of every stanza the melody of the songs repeats, which leads into the next stanza (with the same form, A A’ B). Halfway through the song, Mississippi John Hurt goes on a little humming, guitar solo for about half a minute and then leads into the second verse. I really enjoyed listening to this song because it had an emotional effect on me, in the sense that I have experienced what Mississippi John Hurt has felt- having sympathy towards someone who is not perceived as a “good” by others.