Stagger Lee-Lloyd Price

[ti:Stagger Lee] [ar:Lloyd Price] [al:British Hit Singles 1959 Volume 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.01]Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price [00:00.02]Written by：H. Logan,l. Price/L.Price,H.Logan [00:00.04] [00:01.71]The night was clear and the moon was yellow [00:08.23] [00:09.31]And the leaves came tumblin' down [00:15.76] [00:16.49]I was standin 'on the corner [00:20.20]When I heard my bull dog bark [00:23.46] [00:24.07]He was barkin' at the two men [00:26.29]Who were gamblin' in the dark [00:29.68] [00:31.76]It was Stagger Lee and Billy [00:34.65] [00:35.67]Two men who gambled late [00:38.49] [00:39.21]Stagger lee threw a seven [00:40.93]Billy swore that he threw eight [00:44.15] [00:46.69]"Stagger Lee " said Billy [00:49.61] [00:50.42]"I can't let you go with that [00:53.28] [00:54.22]"You have won all my money [00:56.36]"And my brand-new Stetson hat " [00:59.52] [01:01.63]Stagger Lee went home [01:04.80] [01:05.36]And he got his 44 [01:08.23] [01:09.07]He said "I'm goin' to the ballroom to [01:11.09]"Just pay that debt I owe " [01:13.96] [01:15.28]Go Stagger Lee [01:16.53] [01:31.31]Stagger Lee went to the ballroom [01:34.68]And he strolled across the ballroom floor [01:37.67] [01:38.42]He said nobady did me wrong [01:40.22]And he pulled his 44 [01:43.16] [01:45.58]"Stagger Lee " said Billy [01:48.61] [01:49.21]"Oh please don't take my life [01:52.29] [01:53.01]"I've got three hungry children [01:54.99]"And very sickly wife " [01:58.14] [02:00.25]Stagger Lee shot Billy [02:03.50] [02:04.03]Oh he shot that poor boy so hard [02:07.05] [02:07.68]That a bullet went through Billy [02:10.03]And broke the bar in the sky [02:12.78] [02:15.30]Go Stagger Lee go Stagger Lee [02:19.00]Go Stagger Lee go Stagger Lee [02:22.51]Go Stagger Lee go Stagger Lee [02:26.11]Go Stagger Lee go Stagger Lee [02:29.76]Go Stagger Lee go Stagger Lee