Stagger Lee

(intro) The night was clear, and the moon was yellow
 And the leaves came tumblin' down. . .
 I was standing on a corner
 When I heard my bull dog bark
 He was barking at 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 that he threw eight
 Stagger Lee he told Billy
 "I can't let you go with that
 You won all o' my money
 And my brand new Stetson hat."
 Stagger Lee started off walking
 Down that old railroad track
 He turned and told Billy
 "Don't be here when I come back"
 Then old Stagger Lee, he went home
 And he got his forty-four
 He said "I'm going down to the barroom
 To pay that debt I owe"
 bridge: Go, Stagger Lee!
 Stagger Lee went to the barroom
 Walked across that barroom floor
 He said, "Now, nobody move"
 And he pulled out his forty-four
 "Oh, Stagger Lee," cried Billy
 "Please don't take my life
 I got three little children
 And a very sickly wife"
 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.