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