Stagger Lee

The night was clear

And the moon was yellow

And the leaves came tumbling down

I was standing on the corner

When I heard my bulldog bark

He was barking up at the two men

Who were gambling 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, oh

Stagger Lee told Billy

I said don't you go with that

You done won all my money

And my brand new Stetson hat, oh

Stagger Lee went home

And he got his forty-four

He said "Don't nobody move

Just to I'm gonna pay that debt I owe"

Go on, Stagger Lee, get down now

Ah, Stagger Lee went to the barroom

And he stood by the barroom door

He said "Don't nobody move"

And he pulled his forty-four, oh oh

"Stagger Lee" cried Billy

"I said please don't take my life

I got me three little children

And a very sickly wife." Oh oh

Stagger Lee shot Billy

Oh, he shot that poor boy so bad

'Til the bullet went through Billy

And it broke the bartender's glass

Yeah, ah, Stagger Lee, go on now

Go Stagger Lee

Go Stagger Lee (Woo)

Go Stagger Lee (Woo) (Go on Stagger Lee)

Go Stagger Lee (Woo)

Go Stagger Lee (Woo)

Go Stagger Lee (Woo)

Go Stagger Lee (Woo)

Go Stagger Lee (Woo) (Go on Stagger Lee, yeah)

Go Stagger Lee (Woo)

Go Stagger Lee (Woo)

Go Stagger Lee (Woo)

Go Stagger Lee (Woo)