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10-13-2017, 08:07 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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Help me find those lyrics: Doc Watson - Stagger Lee
I tried to write down some lyrics of stagger Lee version by Doc Watson (that I can't find on internet).
But I'm struggling with some specific part If someone could fill the blank and correct mistake I would appreciate. I made a guitar transcription if anyone is interested... All loud in the alley, [in the dylan version its Hawlin Alley, I guess it is supposed to be a town but that is not what I hear in doc's version] on a dark and dreary night Billy Lyons and old Stagger Lee, they had one awful fight It was all about A John B. Stetson hat Billy went to the bar room He get him a glass o’ beer Old Stagger Lee comes stomping in He said “what are you doing in here” That bad man “they call me Stagger Lee” Old Stagger Lee says to Billy “I’m gonna kill you dead, You've taken all my money and My stet’ right over my head. Yeah I’m gonna kill you! they call me Stagger Lee” Billy Lyons says “now Stagger Lee Won’t you please spare my life, I got two little children man And a darling loving wife Don’t kill me Don”t kill me Stagger Lee” Old Stag he says to Billy “no I ain’t gonna spare your life God bless your little children son And I'll take care of your wife. I’m that bad man. they call me Stagger Lee” Old Stagger Lee shot poor Billy He shot him right through the head It only take him one 44. Bullet To kill poor Billy dead That bad man That rascal Stagger Lee All loud in the alley, I heared my bulldog bark His barking had old Stagger lee Went stumbling through the dark That bad man he’s scared too That awful Stagger Lee When the sheriff found old Stagger Lee Found him fast asleep And when he wakin old Stag up He said he jump about 40 feet He’s a bad man Yes they call old Stagger Lee Then Stag says to the jailer “Mr. Jailer I can’t sleep Everytime I close my eyes ____ Billy Lyons begins to creep [I don't hear that but that is what is on Dylan version] All around This jailhouse all the time” Men folks all are laughing Women folks all are crying See the folks that come from miles around Just to see old stagger lee die That bad man Yeah they called him Stagger Lee Old Stag standing up on the scaffold When he begins to curse And the sheriff says “let’s hang him boys for He killed one of us He’s a bad man they called him Stagger Lee Somebody tripped that scaffold And Old Stag went down below When the devil seen him a coming he says "I hate this rascal soul" We don’t need him down here Stag grab the devil by the collar And he threwed him up on the shelf He said “get out of here You son of a gun” I’ll run this place myself I’m that bad man They called me Stagger Lee Last edited by fab12; 10-24-2017 at 07:08 AM. |
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