Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price

Stagger Lee
 

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

Stagger Lee Lyrics

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!

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!

Stagger Lee Singers

Lloyd Price (billboard hot 100) 1959
Lloyd Price

* Wilson Pickett (as ´Stag-O-Lee´) - 1967 * Tommy Roe - 1971.


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