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Johnny Rivers
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The night was clear and the moon was yellow
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And the leaves came tumbling down
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I was standing on the corner when I heard my bulldog bark
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He was barkin' at the two men who were gamblin' in the dark
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It was Stagger Lee and Billy, two men who gambled late
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Stagger Lee threw seven, Billy swore that he threw eight
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Stagger Lee told Billy, 'I can't let you go with that
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You have won all my money and my brand new stetson hat'
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Stagger Lee went home and he got his forty-four
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Said 'I'm goin' to the barroom just to pay that debt I owe'
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Go Stagger Lee!
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Stagger Lee went to the barroom and he stood across the barroom door
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He said 'Nobody move' and he pulled his forty-four
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'Stagger Lee', cried Billy, 'Oh, please don't take my life
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I got three little children and a very sickly wife'
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(Go Stagger Lee)
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Stagger Lee shot Billy, oh he shot that poor boy so bad
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Till the bullet came through Billy and it broke the bartender's glass
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Look out Stagger Lee!
Johnny Rivers "Memphis Tennessee"
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