The night was black 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, oh Yeah
It was Stagger Lee and Billy, two men who gambled late
Stagger Lee threw seven, Billy swore that he threw eight,oh Yeah
Stagger Lee cried Billy, "Oh, you know I can't let you go with that"
"You have won all my money and my brand new Cadillac"
Ah, let me hear you
Stagger Lee went home and he and he brought back a long forty-four
He 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," cried Billy,
"Oh, please don't take my life!
"I've got three little children,
"And a very sickly wife."
Oh, Yeah
Stagger Lee shot Billy, oh he shot that poor boy so bad
That the bullet came through Billy and it broke the bartender's glass
Yes he did!


lrc by Hegise