Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price: Song Lyrics, Music Videos & Concerts

Stagger Lee

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Stagger Lee was released on January 1, 1959 by Geffen as a part of the album The Exciting Lloyd Price

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Music Video

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Lloyd Price

Lead Vocals

Big John Patton

Big John Patton

Piano

Charles McClendon

Charles McClendon

Tenor Saxophone

Clarence Johnson

Clarence Johnson

Bass

Eddie Saunders

Tenor Saxophone

Sticks Simpkins

Sticks Simpkins

Drums

Ted Curson

Trumpet

The Ray Charles Singers

The Ray Charles Singers

Background Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Lloyd Price

Songwriter

Harold Logan

Songwriter

Leon Gross

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

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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