[00:00.65]The night was clear
[00:03.88]And the moon was yellow
[00:07.74]And the leaves came tumbling down
[00:14.34]I was standing on the corner
[00:17.72]When I heard my bulldog bark
[00:21.39]He was barking at the two men who were gambling in the dark
[00:28.39]It was Stagger Lee and Billy
[00:31.99]Two men who gambled late
[00:35.30]Stagger Lee threw 7
[00:37.16]Billy swore that he threw 8
[00:42.42]Stagger Lee told Billy,
[00:45.68]"I can't let you go with that.
[00:49.13]You have won all my money
[00:50.85]And my brand new Stetson hat."
[00:56.39]Stagger Lee went home
[00:59.62]And he got his 44
[01:02.96]Said, I'm goin' to the barroom
[01:04.85]Just to pay that debt I owe
[01:08.73]Go Stagger Lee
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[01:23.79]Stagger Lee went to the barroom
[01:26.69]And he stood across the barroom door
[01:29.95]He said, nobody move
[01:31.56]And he pulled his 44
[01:36.83]Stagger Lee, cried Billy
[01:40.13]Oh, please don't take my life
[01:43.42]I've got three little children
[01:45.17]And a very sickly wife
[01:50.41]Stagger Lee shot Billy
[01:53.75]Oh, he shot that poor boy so bad
[01:57.08]Till the bullet came through Billy
[01:59.04]And it broke the bartender's glass
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