Stagger Lee

Written by：Lloyd Price/Harold Logan

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 at the children

Who were gambling in the dark

It was Stagger Lee and Billy

Two boys who gambled late

Stagger Lee threw seven

Billy swore he threw eight

Stagger Lee told Billy

I can't let you get away with that

You have won all my money

And my brand new stetson hat

So stagger Lee he went home

And he got his 44

Said I'm going to the bar room

Just to pay that debt I owe

Stagger Lee went to the bar room

And he stood across the bar room door

He said now nobody move

And he pulled out that 44

Stagger Lee cried Billy

Oh please don't take my life

I got three little children

And a very sickly wife

Stagger Lee cried Billy

Oh please don't take my life

I got three little children

And a very sickly wife

But stagger Lee shot Billy

Oh he shot that poor boy so bad

Till the bullet went through Billy

And it broke the bartender's glass

Yes he did

As it goes stagger Lee

As it goes stagger Lee