Stagger Lee lyrics

Artist  : Lewis Huey 
Song : Stagger Lee



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														   The night was clear, and the
moon was yellow

 

 And the leaves came tumblin' down. . .

 

 

 

 I was standin' on the corner

 

 When I heard my bull dog bark.

 

 He was barkin' at the two men

 

 Who were gamblin' in the dark.

 

 

 

 It was Stagger Lee and Billy,

 

 Two men who gambled late.

 

 Stagger lee threw a seven,

 

 Billy swore that he threw eight.

 

 

 

 "Stagger Lee," said Billy,

 

 "I can't let you go with that.

 

 "You have won all my money,

 

 "And my brand-new Stetson hat."

 

 

 

 Stagger Lee went home

 

 And he got his .44.

 

 He said, "I'm goin' to the ballroom

 

 "Just to pay that debt I owe."

 

 

 

 (bridge)

 

 Go, Stagger Lee

 

 

 

 Stagger Lee went to the ballroom

 

 And he strolled across the ballroom floor.

 

 He said "You did me wrong, Billy."

 

 And he pulled his .44.

 

 

 

 "Stagger Lee," said Billy,

 

 "Oh, please don't take my life!

 

 "I've got three hungry children,

 

 "And a very sickly wife."

 

 

 

 Stagger Lee shot Billy

 

 Oh, he shot that poor boy so hard

 

 That a bullet went through Billy

 

 And broke the bartender's bar.

 

 

 

 Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee!

 

 Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee!

 

 (to fade)