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1948, xmas eve, with a full moon over town |
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Stagger lee shot billy delions |
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And he blew that poor boy down. |
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Do you know what he shot him for? |
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What do you make of that? |
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Cause billy delions threw the lucky dice |
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Won stagger lee's stetson hat. |
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Bayo, bayo, tell me how can this be? |
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You arrest the girls for turning tricks |
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But you're scared of stagger lee. |
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Stagger lee is a madman and he shot my billy d. |
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Bayo go get him or give the job to me. |
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Delia delions, dear sweet delia-d |
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How the hell can i arrest him? he's twice as big as me. |
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Well don't ask me to go downtown, i won't come back alive [no more]. |
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Not only is that mother big but he packs a .45 [four]. |
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Bayo, delia said, just give me a gun |
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He shot my billy dead now i'm gonna see him hung. |
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She went into the delion's club through billy delions blood |
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Stepped up to stagger lee at the bar, |
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Said, "buy me a gin fizz, love." |
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As stagger lee lit a cigarette she shot him in the balls |
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Blew the smoke off her revolver, had him dragged to city hall |
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Bayo, bayo, see you hang him high |
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He shot my billy dead and now he's got to die. |
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Delia went a walking down on singapore street |
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A three-piece band on the corner played "near my god to thee" |
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But delia whistled a different tune, what tune could it be? |
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The song that woman sung was "look out stagger lee". |
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The song that delia sung was "look out stagger lee". |
