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Lloyd Price
Stagger Lee
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R&B/Soul
Stagger Lee was released on January 1, 1959 by Geffen as a part of the album The Exciting Lloyd Price
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Lloyd Price
Lloyd Price
Lead Vocals
Big John Patton
Big John Patton
Piano
Charles McClendon
Charles McClendon
Tenor Saxophone
Clarence Johnson
Clarence Johnson
Bass
Eddie Saunders
Eddie Saunders
Tenor Saxophone
Sticks Simpkins
Sticks Simpkins
Drums
Ted Curson
Ted Curson
Trumpet
The Ray Charles Singers
The Ray Charles Singers
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Lloyd Price
Lloyd Price
Songwriter
Harold Logan
Harold Logan
Songwriter
Leon Gross
Leon Gross
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Don Costa
Don Costa
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
The night was clear
And the moon was yellow
And the leaves came tumbling down
[Verse 2]
I was standing on the corner when I heard my bulldog bark
He was barking 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 he threw eight
[Verse 3]
Stagger Lee told Billy, "I can't let you go with that
You have won all my money and my brand new Stetson hat"
Stagger Lee went home and he got his forty-four
Said, "I'm goin' to the bar room just to pay that debt I owe"
[Verse 4]
Go on, Stagger Lee
Look out there now
Go on, Stag
Stag's the man
[Verse 5]
Stagger Lee went to the bar room
And he stood across the bar room door
Said, "Now nobody move," and he pulled his forty-four
"Stagger Lee," cried Billy, "Oh, please don't take my life
I got three little children and a very sickly wife"
[Verse 6]
Stagger Lee shot Billy, oh, he shot that poor boy so bad
Till the bullet came through Billy and it broke the bartender's glass
[Verse 7]
Look out, Stag, come on
[Outro]
Go, Stagger Lee
Go, Stagger Lee
Go, Stagger Lee
Go, Stagger Lee
Go, Stagger Lee
Go, Stagger Lee
Go, Stagger Lee
Go, Stagger Lee
Written by: Harold Logan, Lloyd Price

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