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Artist/Band: Tim O'Brien
Lyrics for Song: Stagger Lee
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - Tim O'Brien



It was over a hundred years ago in eighteen sixty-one

It was in the town of St. Louis that old Stagger Lee was born

Stagger Lee was a gambler and everybody knew his name

He made his living singing high low jack and a game



It was in the month of December on a cold and rainy night

Stagger Lee and Billy Bly got in an awful fight

I was standing on the corner when I heard my bulldog bark

Barking at the two men gambling there in the dark



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He was a bad man, talk about a bad man

Such a bad man, mean old Stagger Lee



Stagger Lee and Billy two men who gambled late

Stagger Lee threw seven and Billy swore he threw eight

Stagger Lee told Billy I can't let you go with that

You took all my money and my brand new Stetson hat



Stagger Lee he turned around and headed down the railroad track

Told Billy you better be gone from here by the time that I get back

Stagger Lee he went on home and he loaded his fourty-four

Said I'm going to the bar room to pay a debt I owe



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Stag went down to the bar room and then stood on the bar room floor

And said nobody move and then he drew his blue steel fourty-four

Billy cried oh Stag oh Stag oh please don't take my life

I got two little children and a darling lovin' wife



Stag said bless your children said goddamn your wife

You took my magic Stetson now I'm gonna take your life

Stagger Lee shot the bullet killed Billy oh so fast

Went straight through the heart, then it broke that looking glass



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I never saw a sight before like the one when the smoke did clear

Billy was lying in a pool of whiskey, diamonds, blood, and beer

Stag had a magic Stetson but I guess it lost its power

Cause they took him to the gallows to await his final hour



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Album Lyrics: Other Songs - Tim O'Brien


Tim O'Brien
"Other Songs - Tim O'Brien"


1. A House Of Gold
2. Angel Band
3. Another Day
4. Bending Blades
5. Blackest Crow
6. Brother Wind
7. Climbing Up A Mountain
8. Cluck Old Hen
9. Daddy's On The Roof Again
10. Demon Lover
11. Don't Be Surprised
12. Drunkard's Hiccups (Jack Of Diamonds)
13. Every Tear Has A Reason Why
14. Fair Margaret And Sweet William
15. Family History
16. Fell Into Her Deep Blue Eyes
17. Few Are Chosen
18. First Days Of Fall
19. Five Rooms
20. Flora, The Lily Of The West
21. Footsteps So Near
22. For The Fallen
23. Handsome Molly
24. Hard Year Blues
25. Heartbreak Game
26. Hold To A Dream
27. How Come I Ain't Dead
28. I Like The Way You Cook
29. I'm Not Gonna Forget You
30. I've Endured
31. Ireland's Green Shore
32. John Riley
33. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning
34. Kelly Joe's Shoes
35. Kick Me When I'm Down
36. Let Love Take You Back Again
37. Lone Tree Standing
38. Long Distance
39. Lost Little Children
40. Love Is Pleasing
41. Maggie's Farm
42. Me And Dirk's Trip To Ireland
43. Melancholy Moon (Not)
44. Mick Ryan's Lament
45. Mole In The Ground
46. Mountaineer Is Always Free
47. Nellie Kane
48. One Girl Cried
49. One Way Street
50. Orphan Girl
51. Queen Of Hearts
52. Raleigh And Spencer
53. Restless Spirit Wandering
54. Ribbon In Your Hair
55. River Of Blood
56. Rock In A Weary Land
57. Rod Mcneil
58. Romance Is A Slow Dance
59. Shadows Of Light
60. She's Runnin' Away
61. Skillet Good And Greasy
62. Stagger Lee
63. Talkin' Cavan
64. The Church Steeple [High On A Hillside]
65. The Farmer's Cursed Wife
66. The Perfect Place To Hide
67. The Tide Flows Into Miltown
68. Think About Last Night
69. Time To Learn
70. Travelers
71. Turning Around
72. Two Journeys
73. Wagoner's Lad
74. Walk Beside Me
75. Wayfarin' Stranger
76. What Does The Deep Sea Say
77. When I Die I'll Live Again
78. Working On A Building