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The night was clear |
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And the moon was yellow |
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And the leaves |
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Came tumbling down |
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I was standin' on the corner |
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When I heard my bull dog bark |
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He was barkin' at the two men |
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Who were gamblin' in the dark |
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Stagger Lee and Billy |
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Two men who gambled late |
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Stagger Lee threw a seven |
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Billy swore that he threw an eight |
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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 forty four |
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Said, I'm gonna to the bar |
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Just to pay that debt I owe |
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Blew them, six |
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Stagger Lee, Stagger Lee |
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Stagger Lee went to the bar room |
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And he stood across the bar room door |
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Said, now, nobody move |
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Then he pulled his forty four |
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Stagger Lee, cried Billy |
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Ohh, 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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Well, Stagger Lee shot Billy |
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Ohh, he shot that poor boy so bad |
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So the bullet came through Billy |
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And it broke the bartender's glass |
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Hate that thing on most hands |
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Stagger Lee, Stagger Lee |
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Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee |
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Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee |
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Go, Stagger Lee |
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Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee |
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Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee |
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Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee |
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Go, Stagger Lee |
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Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee |
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Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee |
