Stagger Lee
Mollie O'Brien, Tim O'Brien, Tim & Mollie O'Brien
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It was over a hundred years ago in eighteen sixty-one It was in the town of St. Louis that old Stagger Lee was born Stagger Lee was a gambler and everybody knew his name He made his living singing high low jack and a game It was in the month of December on a cold and rainy night Stagger Lee and Billy Bly got in an awful fight I was standing on the corner when I heard my bulldog bark Barking at the two men gambling there in the dark Chorus: He was a bad man, talk about a bad man Such a bad man, mean old Stagger Lee Stagger Lee and Billy two men who gambled late Stagger Lee threw seven and Billy swore he threw eight Stagger Lee told Billy I can't let you go with that You took all my money and my brand new Stetson hat Stagger Lee he turned around and headed down the railroad track Told Billy you better be gone from here by the time that I get back Stagger Lee he went on home and he loaded his forty-four Said I'm going to the bar room to pay a debt I owe Chorus Stag went down to the bar room and then stood on the bar room floor And said nobody move and then he drew his blue steel forty-four Billy cried oh Stag oh Stag oh please don't take my life I got two little children and a darling lovin' wife Stag said bless your children said goddamn your wife You took my magic Stetson now I'm gonna take your life Stagger Lee shot the bullet killed Billy oh so fast Went straight through the heart, then it broke that looking glass Chorus I never saw a sight before like the one when the smoke did clear Billy was lying in a pool of whiskey, diamonds, blood, and beer Stag had a magic Stetson but I guess it lost its power Cause they took him to the gallows to await his final hour Chorus Chorus
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Written by: BONNIE OWENS, MERLE HAGGARD
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