Текст The Youngbloods – Stagger Lee

The night was dark and the moon was yellow
And the leaves came tumblin’ down

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I was standin’ on the corner when I heard my bull dog bark

‘Oh now, Stagger Lee’ — cried Billy — ‘I can’t let you go with that’
‘You have won all my money and my brand-new Stetson hat’
Oh now, Stagger Lee went home, he got afraid his .44
He said: ‘I’m goin’ to the ballroom just to pay that debt I owe’

Go now, go

Oh now, Stagger Lee went to the ballroom and he stood behind the door
He said: ‘Nobody moves’ — and he pulled his .44
‘Yeah now, Stagger Lee’ — cried Billy — ‘oh, please, don’t take my life’
‘I’ve got three little children and a very sickly wife’

Yeah now, Stagger Lee he shot Billy, yeah, you know, he shot that poor boy so bad
That a bullet went through Billy and broke the bartender’s bar

(Go, Stagger Lee)
(Go, Stagger Lee)