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Stagger Lee
Eric Bibb
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Police Officer, how can it be?
You can't arrest everybody but cruel Stagger Lee
Talkin' 'bout a bad man, ol' Stagger Lee
Billy DeLyon tol' Stagger Lee
"Please don't take my life
I got two little children an' a darlin' lovin' wife"
He tol' the bad man ol', Stagger Lee
"What I care about your children
Darlin' lovin' wife?
Ya done stole my fine Stetson
An' I'm bound to take your life"
Talkin' 'bout a bad man, ol' Stagger Lee
Boom-boom, boom-boom, went that .44
An' then I spied Billy, lyin' on the floor
Talkin' 'bout a bad man, Stagger Lee
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Stagger Lee shot Billy
Shot that boy so bad
The bullet went through Billy
An' broke the bartender's lookin' glass
Ol' cruel Stagger Lee
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Gentlemens of the jury
What you think of that?
Stagger Lee shot Billy
About a five dollar hat
You know it was a bad man
OI' cruel Stagger Lee
Standin' at the gallows
Had his head way up high
Twelve o' clock they killed him
Folks glad to see him die
Talkin' 'bout a bad man
Talkin' cruel Stagger Lee
With Stagger Lee shot Billy
He shot that boy so bad
The bullet went through Billy
An' broke the bartender's glass
Talkin' 'bout a bad man
Ol' cruel Stagger Lee
Talkin' 'bout a bad man
Ol' cruel Stagger Lee
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