STAGGER LEE
From an old folk song called ´Stagolee´ which was based on a true story 
(Lyrics : Lloyd Price)

Lloyd Price - 1959 
Wilson Pickett (as ´Stag-O-Lee´) - 1967 
Tommy Roe - 1971 


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

I was standing on the corner when I heard my bulldog bark 
He was barkin´ at the two men who were gamblin´ 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 have won all my money and my brand new stetson hat´ 
Stagger Lee went home and he got his forty-four 
Said ´I´m goin´ to the barroom just to pay that debt I owe´ 
Go Stagger Lee! 

(instumental break) 

Stagger Lee went to the barroom and he stood across the barroom door 
He said ´Nobody move´ and he pulled his forty-four 
´Stagger Lee´, cried Billy, ´Oh, please don´t take my life 
I got three little children and a very sickly wife´ 
(Go Stagger Lee) 

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 
Look out Stagger Lee!