Stagger Lee Lyrics - Wynton Marsalis And Eric Clapton Play The Blue: Live From Jazz At Lincoln Center - Eric Clapton & Wynton Marsalis

The night was clear 

And the moon was yellow 

And the leaves 

Came tumbling down 

I was standin' on the corner 

When I heard my bull dog bark 

He was barkin' at the two men 

Who were gamblin' in the dark 

Stagger Lee and Billy 

Two men who gambled late 

Stagger Lee threw a seven 

Billy swore that he threw an eight 

Stagger Lee told Billy 

I can't let you go with that 

You have won all my money 

And my brand new Stetson hat 

Stagger Lee went home 

And he got his forty four 

Said, I'm gonna to the bar 

Just to pay that debt I owe 

Blew them, six 

Stagger Lee, Stagger Lee 

Stagger Lee went to the bar room 

And he stood across the bar room door 

Said, now, nobody move 

Then he pulled his forty four 

Stagger Lee, cried Billy 

Ohh, please don't take my life 

I've got three little children 

And a very sickly wife 

Well, Stagger Lee shot Billy 

Ohh, he shot that poor boy so bad 

So the bullet came through Billy 

And it broke the bartender's glass 

Hate that thing on most hands 

Stagger Lee, Stagger Lee 

Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee 

Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee 

Go, Stagger Lee 

Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee 

Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee 

Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee 

Go, Stagger Lee 

Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee 

Go, Stagger Lee, go, Stagger Lee