Stagger Lee lyrics by Terry Dean
I was standing on the cornerwhen I heard my bulldog bark
He was barkin' at two men
who were gamblin' in the dark
Stagger Lee and Billy,
two men who gambled late
Stagger Lee threw a seven,
Billy swore that he threw eight
Stagger Lee cried Billy,
I can't let you go with that
Boy, you 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
Stagger Lee went to the bar room
He stood across the barroom door
Said Now, nobody move
and he pulled his forty~four
Stagger Lee, cried Billy
Oh please don't take my life
I've got three little children
and a barren sickly wife
Stagger Lee shot Billy
oh he shot that poor boy so bad
until the bullet came through Billy
and it broke the bartender's glass
