Stagger Lee-The Levon Helm Band

[ti:Stagger Lee] [ar:The Levon Helm Band] [al:The Midnight Ramble Sessions] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.63]The night was clear and the moon was yellow [00:06.85] [00:08.35]And the leaves came tumbling down [00:12.85] [00:14.38]I was standing on the corner [00:17.09] [00:18.67]When I heard my bulldog bark [00:21.59] [00:23.10]He was barkin' at the two men [00:24.94]Who were gamblin' in the dark [00:28.05] [00:31.86]It was Stagger Lee and Billy [00:34.74] [00:36.40]Two men who gambled late [00:39.34] [00:40.74]Stagger Lee threw seven [00:42.37] [00:42.91]Billy swore that he threw eight [00:46.60] [00:49.63]Stagger Lee told Billy [00:52.31] [00:53.83]"I can't let you go with that" [00:56.78] [00:58.22]"You have won all my money [01:00.81]And my brand new stetson hat" [01:03.45] [01:07.41]Stagger Lee went home [01:09.84] [01:11.51]And he got his forty-four [01:14.12] [01:15.89]Said "I'm goin' to the barroom [01:18.03]Just to pay that debt I owe" [01:21.18] [01:59.61]Stagger Lee went home [02:02.01] [02:03.63]And he got his forty-four [02:06.30] [02:08.08]Said "I'm goin' to the barroom [02:09.99]Just to pay that debt I owe" [02:13.27] [02:16.92]Stagger Lee cried Billy [02:19.59] [02:20.48]Oh please don't take my life [02:23.91] [02:25.29]I've three little children [02:27.26] [02:27.86]And a very sickly wife [02:30.44] [02:34.04]Stagger Lee shot Billy [02:36.58] [02:38.10]Oh he shot that poor boy so bad [02:41.16] [02:42.51]Till the bullet came through Billy [02:44.52] [02:45.03]And it broke the bartender's glass [02:47.65] [03:25.15]Stagger Lee went home [03:27.59] [03:29.17]And he got his forty-four [03:31.74] [03:33.44]Said I'm goin' to the barroom [03:35.27]Just to pay that debt I owe [03:38.46] [03:56.48]Stagger Lee - The Levon Helm Band