Stag-O-Lee

It was early early one mornin'
 Boys I heard that fool dog bark
 He was barkin' at the two men
 Who were gamblin in the dark
 It was Stagolee and Billy Lion
 Boys, they were gamblin that early day
 Yeah, they tossed up that seven
 Billy Lion told him the easy way
 Stagolee lost all his money
 Lost his new cadilac
 He said I believe your cheatin'
 Don't be here when I get back
 Stagolee went home
 And he knocked up on his woman's door
 He said wake up little Bertha baby
 And hand me my forty-four
 You know Bertha rose out of bed screamin
 She was lookin' him dead smack in the eye
 She said come on in honey
 I can see some poor man's gonna die
 Then Stagolee told Bertha
 That he had lost his new cadilic
 But he believed Billy was cheatin'
 And she knew he wouldn't go for that
 Stagolee went back on the corner
 And stood up in the barroom door
 And he said don't nobody move
 'Cause I got me my forty-four
 Stagolee cried Billy
 And he shot the poor boy so fast
 The bullet went through Billy
 And it broke the bartenders glass
 Then Billy Lion started screamin
 I heard him say Stagolee don't take my life
 You know I got two little children
 And a poor little old sickly wife
 Stagolee told Billy
 Yeah I know you got a cute little boy and girl
 If you want to see your family billy
 You'll have to meet 'em in another world