Stag-o-lee Lyrics - The Last Mardi Gras - Professor Longhair

It was early early one mornin' 

Boys I heard that fool dog bark 

He was barkin' at the two men 

Who were gamblin in the dark 

It was Stagolee & Billy Lion 

Boys, they were gamblin that early day 

Yeah, they tossed up that seven 

Billy Lion told him the easy way 

Stagolee lost all his money 

Lost his new cadilac 

He said I believe your cheatin' 

Don't be here when I get back 

Stagolee went home 

& he knocked up on his woman's door 

He said wake up little Bertha baby 

& hand me my forty-four 

You know Bertha rose out of bed screamin 

She was lookin him dead smack in the eye 

She said come on in honey 

I can see some poor man's gonna die 

Then Stagolee told Bertha 

That he had lost his new cadilic 

But he believed Billy was cheatin 

& she knew he wouldn't go for that 

Stagolee went back on the corner 

& stood up in the barroom door 

& he said don't nobody move 

Cuz I got me my forty-four 

Stagolee cried Billy 

& he shot the poor boy so fast 

The bullet went through Billy 

& it broke the bartenders glass 

Then Billy Lion started screamin 

I heard him say Stagolee don't take my life 

You know I got two little children 

& a poor little old sickly wife 

Stagolee told Billy 

Yeah I know you got a cute little boy & girl 

If you want to see your family billy 

You'll have to meet 'em in another world