Stagger Lee Lyrics

Stagger Lee lyrics

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
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 seven, Billy swore that he
threw 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 started off goin' down that railroad track
He said "I can't get you
Billy but don't be here when I come back"

Stagger Lee went home and he
got his forty-four
Said "I'm goin' to the barroom just to pay that debt I
owe"
Stagger Lee went to the barroom and he stood across the barroom
door
He said "Nobody move" and he pulled his forty-four

Stagger Lee
shot Billy, oh he shot that poor boy so bad
Till the bullet came through
Billy and it broke the bartender's glass