The night was clear and the moon was yellow
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And the leaves came tumbling down
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I was standing on the corner
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When I heard my bulldog bark
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He was barkin' at the two men
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Who were gamblin' in the dark
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It was Stagger Lee and Billy
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Two men who gambled late
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Stagger Lee threw seven
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Billy swore that he threw eight
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Stagger Lee told Billy
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I can't let you go with that
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You have won all my money
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And my brand new stetson hat
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Stagger Lee went home
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And he got his forty-four
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Said, I'm goin' to the barroom
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Just to pay that debt I owe
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Go Stagger Lee
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[Instrumental Interlude]
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Stagger Lee went to the barroom
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And he stood across the barroom door
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He said, nobody move
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And he pulled his forty-four
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Stagger Lee, cried Billy
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Oh, please don't take my life
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I've three little children
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And a very sickly wife
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Stagger Lee shot Billy
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Oh, he shot that poor boy so bad
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Till the bullet came through Billy
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And it broke the bartender's glass
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Stagger Lee
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| Lloyd Price |
