Stagger Lee

The night was clear and the moon was yellow, and the leaves came tumbling down.

I was standing on a corner when I heard my bulldog bark.

He was barking at the two men gambling 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 won all my money and my brand new Stetson hat. "

Stagger Lee went home and he got his forty-four.

Said, "I'm going to the bar just to pay that debt I owe. "

Go on,

Stagger

Lee!

Stagger Lee went to the barroom, and he stood across that barroom door.

Said, "Now, 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.

" 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. Now look out, Stagger!