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Willie Morris "Flukey" Stokes (1937 1986) was a mobster from Chicago. from the South Side and well known
for his silk suits, diamond rings, as a drug trafficking kingpin and pool hall owner Stokes immortalized himself
in Chicago by throwing a $200K party for his 30th wedding anniversary in 85 and for the funeral he arranged
for his murdered 28-year-old son, Willie "the Wimp" Stokes, in 1984. He had his son buried in a Cadillac-style
coffin with $100 bills stuffed between his diamond ring fingers. Two years later in 86, Flukey would also be
murdered , along with his chauffeur, sitting inside a 1986 Cadillac limousine

On Stevie Ray Vaughn's seventh birthday [1961], he received his first guitar, a toy from Sears with cowboy images...


This is a song written by a fellow from Austin Texas named Bill Carter
...you know this is a song about this guy all dressed up in his red hat and red suit...
....diamonds on all his fingers, this guy was tryin' to get to heaven in a coffin
He ain't goin' too far I believe, anyway, it's time to say hello and goodbye to Willie...
 
Willie the wimp! was buried today     ....    They laid him to rest! in a special way
[4] Sent him off in the finest style ...  [1] That casket-mobile really drove 'em wild
[5] Southside Chicago will think of him often [1] Willie the wimp! and his Cadillac coffin
yeah Willie the wimp and his Cadillac coffin 
That casket, it looked like a fine Seville   it had a vanity license and a Cadillac grille
[4]Willie was propped up in the driver's seat- had diamonds on his fingers and a smile so sweet
[5] Fine red suit had the whole town talkin'   ...   Willie the wimp and his Cadillac coffin
I said-a  Willie the wimp and his Cadillac coffin -solo[ 1 . . . 4 . 1 . 5 4 1 . :| ]  .=riff

In his Cadillac to heaven he was wavin' a banner...He left like he lived, in a lively manner
 with hundred dollar bills in his fingers tight now  with flowers for wheels an' a-flashin' headlights
 wishin' he had wings, no way he was walkin'   ...   Willie the wimp and his Cadillac coffin
I said  Willie the wimp and his Cadillac coffin  ... yeah Willie the wimp, his Cadillac coffin  
I said  Willie the wimp! and his Cadillac coffin  ---solo [ 1 . . . . . . . . . .  . . . .]
Goodbye Willie! 
          american band

Tempo 132 - Pop Rocker 120

Songwriters: Bill Carter / Ruth Ellsworth-Carter
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