Stagger Lee Lyrics

Stagger Lee lyrics

The night was clear and the moon was yellow

And the leaves came tumbling 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



Stagger Lee and Billy

Two men who gambled late

Stagger Lee threw a seven

Billy swore that he threw an eight



Stagger Lee told 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 forty four

Said, I'm gonna to the bar

Just to pay that debt I owe



Blew them, six

Stagger Lee, Stagger Lee



Stagger Lee went to the bar room

And he stood across the bar room door

Said, now, nobody move

Then he pulled his forty four



Stagger Lee, cried Billy

Ohh, please don't take my life

I've got three little children

And a very sickly wife



Well, Stagger Lee shot Billy

Ohh, he shot that poor boy so bad

So the bullet came through Billy

And it broke the bartender's glass



Hate that thing on most hands

Stagger Lee, Stagger Lee



Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee

Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee

Go, Stagger Lee



Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee

Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee

Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee

Go, Stagger Lee



Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee

Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee