The night was clear and the was yellow And the leaves came down
I was on the corner I heard my bulldog bark And he was up at the two men Who gamblin' in the dark
It was Lee and Billy Two men who late Stagger Lee threw a Billy swore, he an eight
Stagger Lee Billy "I cant let you get with that Well, you've won all my And my brand new hat"
Stagger Lee ran and got him his 44 Said, "I'm to the bar room Just to pay that that I owe"
Go Stagger Lee, go Lee Go Stagger Lee, go Lee Said, "I'm to the bar room Just to pay that that I owe"
Stagger Lee to the bar room Boy, he across the bar room doors Said, "Now, move" And he out his 44
Stagger Lee, Billy "Oh, please don't you take my I got me three little And a very wife"
Go Stagger Lee, go Lee Go Lee, go Stagger Lee Got me three children And a very, very sickly
Go Stagger Lee, go Lee Go Lee, go Stagger Lee Go Lee
Stagger Lee shot Boy, he shot that boy so bad Then the bullet came Billy And went right the bartenders glass
While I was standin' on the When I my bulldog bark And he was up at the two men Who gamblin' in the dark, go
Go Stagger Lee, go Lee Go Stagger Lee, go Lee Well, he was up at the two men Who gamblin' in the dark
Go Stagger Lee, go Lee Go Lee, go Stagger Lee Said, "I'm to the bar room Just to pay that that I owe"
Go baby, go Lee