Stagger Lee
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 barking up at the two men
Who were gambling in the dark
It was Stagger Lee and Billy
Two men who gambled late
Stagger Lee threw a seven
Billy swore, he threw an eight
Stagger Lee told "Billy,
I can't let you get away with that
Well, you've won all my money
And my brand new stetson hat"
Stagger Lee ran home
Went and got him his 44
Said, "I'm going to the bar room
Just to pay that debt that I owe"
Go Stagger Lee, Go Stagger Lee
Go Stagger Lee, Go Stagger Lee
Said, "I' m going to the bar room
Just to pay that debt that I owe"
Stagger Lee went to the bar room
Boy, he stood across the bar room floor
Said, "now, nobody move"
And he pulled out his 44
"Stagger Lee", cried Billy
"Oh, please don't you take my life
I got me three little children
And a very sickly wife"
Go Stagger Lee, Go Stagger Lee
Go Stagger Lee, Go Stagger Lee
"got me three little children
And a very, very sickly wife"
Stagger Lee shot Billy
Boy, he shot that poor boy so bad
That the bullet came thru Billy
And went right thru the bartender's glass
While I was standing on the corner
When I heard my bulldog bark
He was barking up at the two men
Who were gambling in the dark
Go Stagger Lee, Go Stagger Lee
Go Stagger Lee, Go Stagger Lee
Well, he was barking up at the two men
Who were gambling in the dark
Stagger Lee
La noche estaba clara y la luna era amarilla
Y las hojas caían
Estaba parado en la esquina
Cuando escuché ladrar a mi perro bulldog
Él ladraba a los dos hombres
Que estaban jugando a oscuras
Era Stagger Lee y Billy
Dos hombres que jugaban tarde
Stagger Lee tiró un siete
Billy juró, él tiró un ocho
Stagger Lee le dijo a Billy,
No puedo dejarte salirte con la tuya
Bueno, has ganado todo mi dinero
Y mi nuevo sombrero stetson
Stagger Lee corrió a casa
Agarró su 44
Dijo, 'Voy al bar
Solo para pagar esa deuda que debo'
Ve Stagger Lee, Ve Stagger Lee
Ve Stagger Lee, Ve Stagger Lee
Dijo, 'Voy al bar
Solo para pagar esa deuda que debo'
Stagger Lee fue al bar
Chico, se paró al otro lado del piso del bar
Dijo, 'ahora, nadie se mueva'
Y sacó su 44
'Stagger Lee', lloró Billy
'Oh, por favor, no me quites la vida
Tengo tres hijos pequeños
Y una esposa muy enferma'
Ve Stagger Lee, Ve Stagger Lee
Ve Stagger Lee, Ve Stagger Lee
'Tengo tres hijos pequeños
Y una esposa muy, muy enferma'
Stagger Lee disparó a Billy
Chico, disparó tan mal a ese pobre chico
Que la bala atravesó a Billy
Y pasó directo por el vaso del cantinero
Mientras estaba parado en la esquina
Cuando escuché ladrar a mi perro bulldog
Él ladraba a los dos hombres
Que estaban jugando a oscuras
Ve Stagger Lee, Ve Stagger Lee
Ve Stagger Lee, Ve Stagger Lee
Bueno, él ladraba a los dos hombres
Que estaban jugando a oscuras
Escrita por: Harold Logan / Félix Leclerc / Lloyd Price