Stagger Lee Lyrics: The night was clear and the moon was yellow / And the leaves came tumbling down / I was standing on the corner / When I heard my bulldog bark / He was barking at the two men...

Stagger Lee Lyrics: 1948, Christmas eve, with a full moon over town / Stagger Lee shot Billy DeLions / And he blew that poor boy down / Do you know what he shot him for? / What do you make...

Stagger Lee Lyrics: It was back in '32 when times were hard / He had a Colt .45 and a deck of cards / Stagger Lee / He wore rat-drawn shoes and an old Stetson hat / Had a '28 Ford, he had...

"Stagger Lee", also known as "Stagolee" and other variants, is a popular American folk song about the murder of Billy Lyons by "Stag" Lee Shelton, in St. Louis, Missouri, at Christmas, 1895. The song was first published in 1911 and first recorded in 1923, by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians.

After "his woman throws him out in the ice and snow", Stagger Lee goes to an establishment called The Bucket of Blood, where he kills the bartender for disrepecting him. He then meets a prostitute named Nellie Brown who offers him her services free of charge.

Stagger Lee. He wore rat-drawn shoes and an old stetson hat Had a ‘28 Ford, had payments on that Stagger Lee. His woman threw him out in the ice and snow And told him, “Never ever come back no more” Stagger Lee. So he walked through the rain and he walked through the mud Till he came to a place called The Bucket Of Blood Stagger Lee

Stagger Lee Lyrics & Meanings: The night was clear / And the moon was yellow / And the leaves came tumbling down / / I was standing on the corner / When I heard my bulldog bark / He was barkin' at the two men who were gamblin' / In the dark / / It was Stagger Lee and Billy / Two men who gambled late / Stagger Lee threw seven / Billy swore that ...

Stagger Lee Lyrics by Grateful Dead from the Beyond Description (1973-1989) [Bonus Disc] album- including song video, artist biography, translations and more: 1948, Xmas eve, with a full moon over town Stagger Lee shot Billy DeLions And he blew that poor boy down.

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Stagger Lee Lyrics & Meanings: 1914, Xmas eve, with a full moon over town / Stagger Lee shot Billy DeLions / And he blew that poor boy down. / Do you know what he shot him for? / What do you make of that?