Stagger Lee

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1940, Xmas eve, with a full moon 
over town
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Stagger Lee met Billy DeLion
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And he blew that poor boy down.
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Do you know what he shot him for?
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What do you make of that?
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Cause Billy DeLion threw lucky dice
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Won Stagger Lee's Stetson hat.

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Bayou, Bayou, tell me how can 
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this be?
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You arrest the girls for turning 
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tricks
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But you're scared of Stagger Lee.
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Stagger Lee is a madman and he 
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shot my Billy D.
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Bayou go get him or give the job
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 to me.

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Delia DeLions, oh sweet Delia-D
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How the hell can I arrest him? 
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He's twice as big as me.
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Well don't ask me to go downtown,
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 I won't come back alive
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Not only is that mother big but he
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 packs a .45

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Bayou, Delia said, just give me a 
gun
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He shot my Billy dead now I'm gonna 
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see him hung.
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She went into the DeLion's club
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 through Billy DeLions blood
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Stepped up to Stagger Lee at the 
bar,
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Said, "Buy me a gin fizz, love."

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As Stagger Lee lit a cigarette 
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she shot him in the balls
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Blew the smoke off her revolver, 
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had him dragged to city hall
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Bayou, Bayou, see you hang him high
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He shot my Billy dead and now 
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he's got to die.

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Delia went a walking down on 
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Singapore Street
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A three-piece band on the corner 
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played "Near My God to Thee"
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But Delia whistled a different 
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tune, what tune could it be?
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The song that woman sung was 
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"Look Out Stagger Lee".
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The song that Delia sung was 
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"Look Out Stagger Lee".