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Stagolee (Traditional Version 3)
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seed
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chorus: Stagolee, Stagolee, he's the meanest man in town
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When that boy starts gamblin', better lay your money down
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Down in New Orleans where they got that Lyon's Club
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Every step you step you're steppin' in Billy de Lyon's blood
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I remember one September, on a cold and stormy night
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Billy de Lyon and Stagolee, Lord, they had a great big fight
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Billy shot a seven, and Stack he said he'd pass
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Stack said to Billy de Lyon, "Brother,
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You done shot your last"
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The woman asked the sheriff, said "How can this be?
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You got all them bad men, but you can't get Stagolee"
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Deputies took their badges and they laid them on the shelf
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"If you want to get that bad man, you get him by yourself"
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Now send for the policemen, a hundred thousand come
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Loaded down with rifles and a great big Gatling gun
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On Friday we condemned him, the judge he lowered his head
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On Saturday we hanged him, I was glad to see him dead
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