Stagger Lee

I was standin' on the corner
When I heard my bulldog bark
He was barkin' at two men
Who was gamblin' outside in the dark

I tell you that it was Stagger Lee and Billy
Two men who gambled late
Stagger Lee threw a seven
Billy swore that he threw eight

Ooh-ooh, go Stagger Lee
Go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee
Go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee
Go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee

Ooh, I tell you Stagger Lee, he told Billy
"I can't let you go with that
You won all of my money
And a brand new Cadillac"

Stagger Lee started off
Walkin' down by the railroad track
He turned and told Billy
"Don't be here when I get back"

Yeah, yeah
Go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee, Lee
Go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee
Go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee
Go, go, go, go

And ol' Stagger Lee he went home
And he got his forty-four
He said, "I'm goin' down to the bar room
Just to pay that debt I owe"

And then Stagger Lee went in the bar room
And he stood across the bar room floor
He said, "Don't nobody move"
And he pulled out his forty-four

And Billy, Billy cried
"Stag, oh, please, Stag
Please don't take my life
I got three little children
And a very sickly wife"

Oh, but, oh, Stagger Lee he shot Billy
Woah, he shot that poor boy so bad
The bullet went through Billy
And broke the bartender's glass

Oh, go Stagger Lee
Go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee
Go Stagger Lee, go Stagger Lee
Go Stagger Lee, go-woah
Go-woah, go, go, Stagger