Stag-O-Lee (Live, 1978)

Lyrics

It was early, early one mornin' When I heard my bulldog bark He was barkin' at the two men Who were gamblin in the dark It was Stagolee & Billy Lion Boys, they were gamblin very late Every time Stag threw seven Billy Lion told him he threw eight Stagolee lost all of his money Boys and he lost his Cadillac He said I believe you've been cheatin Billy, don't be here when I come back Stagolee went home And he knocked up on Bertha's door Hе said wake up little Bertha baby And hand mе my forty-four You know Bertha jumped out of the bed screamin She was lookin in Stagolee's eyes She said come on in honey I can see some poor man's gonna die Stagolee told Bertha That he had lost his Cadillac But he believed Billy was cheatin And she knew he didn't go for that Stagolee went back on the corner Boys, he stood up in the barroom door He said don't nobody move Because I got my forty-four Stagolee shot Billy Lion Oh, he shot the poor boy so fast The bullet went through Billy And it broke the bartenders glass Billy Lion started hollerin' I could heard him say Stagolee don't take my life You know I got two little children And a poor little old sickly wife Stagolee told Billy Yes I know you got a cute boy & girl But if you want to see your family Billy, meet 'em in another world It's the end of this one It was early, early one mornin' When I heard my bulldog bark He was barkin' at the two men Who were gamblin in the dark It was Stagolee & Billy Lion Boys, they were gamblin very late Every time Stag threw seven Billy Lion told him that he threw eight Stagolee lost all of his money Boys then he lost his brand new Cadillac He said I believe you've been cheatin Billy, don't be here when I come back Stagolee went home And he knocked up on Bertha's door He said wake up little Bertha baby And hand me my forty-four Bertha jumped out of the bed screamin Boy, she was lookin dead in Stagolee's eyes She said come on in honey I can see some man's gonna die Stagolee told Bertha That he had lost his Cadillac But he believed Billy was cheatin And she knew that he that didn't go for that Stagolee went back on the corner Boys, he stood up in the barroom door He said don't nobody move Because I got my forty-four Take it away Thank you, thank you very much Thank you Let's give it to the professor, ladies and gentlemen Professor Longhair