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 two men

who were gamblin'

in the dark, oh, yeah

It was Stagger Lee

and Billy, two men

who gambled late

Stagger Lee threw seven

Billy swore that

he threw eight, oh, yeah

Stagger Lee told Billy

Oh, you know I ain't

let you go for that

You have won

all my money

and my brand new Cadillac

Ah, look at here now

Stagger Lee went home

and he bring back

long forty-four

He said I'm goin'

to pay billion

A little debt I owe

Listen lets me tell ya

Stagger Lee

went to the barroom

and he stood across

the barroom door

He said Nobody move

and he pulled

his forty-four

Yes, he did, oh

Stagger Lee said Billy

Oh, please

don't take my life

I've got three

hungry children

And a very sickly wife

oh, yeah

Stagger Lee shot Billy

oh, he shot that poor

boy so bad

Till the bullet

went through Billy

and it broke

the bartender's glass

Yes, he did, oh

Well, billy gone

on home now

But one thing about it

It'll teach you lesson

that you came

listen lesson