Stagger Lee lyrics

[Intro]
The night was clear and the moon was yellow
And the leaves came tumbling down

[Verse 1]
I was standing on the corner when I heard my bulldog bark
He was barking at the two men who were gambling in the dark
(Da da, da da)
It was Stagger Lee and Billy, two men who gambled late
Stagger Lee threw seven, Billy swore that he threw eight

[Verse 2]
Stagger Lee told Billy, "I can't let you go with that"
(Go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee)
"'Cause you done won all my money and my brand new Stetson hat"
(Go Stagger Lee, go Staggеr Lee, go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee)
Stagger Lee, hе went home, got his forty-four
(Go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee)
He said, "I'm going to the barroom to pay that debt I owe"
(Go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee)
Oh yeah (Da da, da da)

[Break]
(Ooh, wah)
(Ooh, wah)
(Ooh ooh ooh ah)
(Wah)
[Verse 3]
Stagger Lee went to the barroom and he stood cross ways in the do'
He said, "Now don't nobody move" and he pulled his forty-four
(Da, da, da, da)
"Stagger Lee," cried Billy, "Oh, please don't take my life"
(Go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee)
"I got three little children and a very sickly wife"
(Go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee)

[Verse 3]
Stagger Lee shot Billy, oh, he shot that poor boy so bad
(Go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee)
The bullet came through Billy and broke the bartender's glass
(Go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee)

[Outro]
(Go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee)
(Go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee)
(Go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee)
(Go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee)