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The night was clear |
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And the moon was yellow |
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And the leaves came tumbling down |
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I was standing on the corner |
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When I heard my bulldog bark |
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He was barking at the two men who were gambling in the dark |
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It was Stagger Lee and Billy |
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Two men who gambled late |
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Stagger Lee threw 7 |
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Billy swore that he threw 8 |
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Stagger Lee told Billy, |
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"I can't let you go with that. |
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You have won all my money |
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And my brand new Stetson hat." |
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Stagger Lee went home |
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And he got his 44 |
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Said, I'm goin' to the barroom |
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Just to pay that debt I owe |
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Go Stagger Lee |
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Stagger Lee went to the barroom |
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And he stood across the barroom door |
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He said, nobody move |
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And he pulled his 44 |
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Stagger Lee, cried Billy |
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Oh, please don't take my life |
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I've got three little children |
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And a very sickly wife |
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Stagger Lee shot Billy |
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Oh, he shot that poor boy so bad |
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Till the bullet came through Billy |
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And it broke the bartender's glass |
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