Lyrics and translation Taj Mahal - Stagger Lee
The
night
was
clear
and
the
moon
was
yellow
La
nuit
était
claire
et
la
lune
jaune
And
the
leaves
came
tumbling
down
Et
les
feuilles
tombaient
I
was
standin′
on
the
corner
Je
me
tenais
au
coin
de
la
rue
When
I
heard
my
bull
dog
bark
Quand
j'ai
entendu
mon
bouledogue
aboyer
He
was
barkin'
at
the
two
men
Il
aboyait
après
les
deux
hommes
Who
were
gamblin′
in
the
dark
Qui
jouaient
dans
le
noir
Stagger
Lee
and
Billy
Stagger
Lee
et
Billy
Two
men
who
gambled
late
Deux
hommes
qui
jouaient
tard
Stagger
Lee
threw
a
seven
Stagger
Lee
a
jeté
un
sept
Billy
swore
that
he
threw
an
eight
Billy
a
juré
qu'il
avait
jeté
un
huit
Stagger
Lee
told
Billy
Stagger
Lee
a
dit
à
Billy
I
can't
let
you
go
with
that
Je
ne
peux
pas
te
laisser
partir
avec
ça
You
have
won
all
my
money
Tu
as
gagné
tout
mon
argent
And
my
brand
new
stetson
hat
Et
mon
tout
nouveau
stetson
Stagger
Lee
went
home
Stagger
Lee
est
rentré
chez
lui
And
he
got
his
forty
four
Et
il
a
pris
son
quarante-quatre
Said,
I'm
gonna
to
the
bar
Il
a
dit,
je
vais
au
bar
Just
to
pay
that
debt
I
owe
Juste
pour
payer
la
dette
que
je
dois
Blew
them,
six
Il
les
a
tués,
six
Stagger
Lee,
Stagger
Lee
Stagger
Lee,
Stagger
Lee
Stagger
Lee
went
to
the
bar
room
Stagger
Lee
est
allé
au
bar
And
he
stood
across
the
bar
room
door
Et
il
s'est
tenu
en
face
de
la
porte
du
bar
Said,
now,
nobody
move
Il
a
dit,
maintenant,
que
personne
ne
bouge
Then
he
pulled
his
forty
four
Puis
il
a
sorti
son
quarante-quatre
Stagger
Lee,
cried
Billy
Stagger
Lee,
a
crié
Billy
Ohh,
please
don′t
take
my
life
Oh,
s'il
te
plaît,
ne
prends
pas
ma
vie
I′ve
got
three
little
children
J'ai
trois
petits
enfants
And
a
very
sickly
wife
Et
une
femme
très
malade
Well,
Stagger
Lee
shot
Billy
Stagger
Lee
a
tiré
sur
Billy
Ohh,
he
shot
that
poor
boy
so
bad
Oh,
il
a
tiré
sur
ce
pauvre
garçon
si
fort
So
the
bullet
came
through
Billy
Que
la
balle
a
traversé
Billy
And
it
broke
the
bartender's
glass
Et
elle
a
brisé
le
verre
du
barman
Hate
that
thing
on
most
hands
Je
déteste
cette
chose
sur
la
plupart
des
mains
Stagger
Lee,
Stagger
Lee
Stagger
Lee,
Stagger
Lee
Go,
Stagger
Lee,
go,
Stagger
Lee
Vas-y,
Stagger
Lee,
vas-y,
Stagger
Lee
Go,
Stagger
Lee,
go,
Stagger
Lee
Vas-y,
Stagger
Lee,
vas-y,
Stagger
Lee
Go,
Stagger
Lee
Vas-y,
Stagger
Lee
Go,
Stagger
Lee,
go,
Stagger
Lee
Vas-y,
Stagger
Lee,
vas-y,
Stagger
Lee
Go,
Stagger
Lee,
go,
Stagger
Lee
Allez,
Stagger
Lee,
vas-y,
Stagger
Lee
Go,
Stagger
Lee,
go,
Stagger
Lee
Vas-y,
Stagger
Lee,
vas-y,
Stagger
Lee
Go,
Stagger
Lee
Vas-y,
Stagger
Lee
Go,
Stagger
Lee,
go,
Stagger
Lee
Vas-y,
Stagger
Lee,
vas-y,
Stagger
Lee
Go,
Stagger
Lee,
go,
Stagger
Lee
Vas-y,
Stagger
Lee,
vas-y,
Stagger
Lee
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1
My Ancestors
2 She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride
3 Leaving Trunk
4 .44 Blues
5 By and By (Poor Me)
6 The Devil's Got My Woman
7 I Pity the Poor Immigrant
8 Ain't Nobody's Business
9 Old Time Song-Old Time Love
10 Needed Time (Guitar)
11 Someday Be a Change
12 Horseshoes
13 Jailhouse Blues
14 I'm Running and I'm Happy
15 David Runs Again
16 Just Workin'
17 Morning Work / n' Meat's on the Stove
18 Cheraw
19 Sounder Chase a Coon
20 Motherless Children
21 You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til Your Well Runs Dry)
22 Country Blues #1
23 Aristocracy
24 Light Rain Blues
25 Dear Ladies
26 Linin' Track
27 Big Mama
28 Colored Aristocracy
29 Why?...And We Repeat Why?...And We Repeat!
30 We Tune
31 Easy to Love
32 Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day
33 Keep Your Hands Off Her
34 When I Feel the Sea Beneath My Soul
35 Little Red Hen Blues
36 Blind Boy Rag
37 Roll, Turn, Spin
38 Cajun Waltz
39 Cluck Old Hen
40 A Little Soulful Tune
41 New Stranger Blues (Bonus Track)
42 Eighteen Hammers
43 Done Changed My Way of Living
44 I Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Steal My Jellyroll
45 Good Morning Miss Brown
46 Statesboro Blues
47 Oh, Susanna
48 (Clara) St. Kitts Woman
49 E Z Rider
50 Ain't That a Lot of Love
51 Diving Duck Blues (Live)
52 Fishin' Blues (Live)
53 Going Up to the Country and Paint My Mailbox Blue (Live)
54 She Caught the Katy (And Left Me a Mule to Ride) (Live)
55 You Ain't No Street Walker Mama, Honey But I Do Love the Way You Strut Your Stuff (Live)
56 Statesboro Blues
57 Frankie & Albert
58 Built for Comfort
59 Johnny Too Bad
60 Blackjack Davey
61 Cakewalk into Town
62 Sweet Home Chicago
63 Texas Woman Blues
64 Slave Driver
65 You Ain't No Street Walker Mama, Honey But I Do Love the Way You Strut Your Stuff
66 Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
67 Desperate Lover
68 Further On Down the Road
69 Satisfied 'n' Tickled Too
70 West Indian Revelation
71 Checkin' Up On My Baby
72 Everybody's Got to Change Sometime
73 Dust My Broom
74 Diving Duck Blues
75 Corinna
76 Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue
77 The Cuckoo
78 Baby, What You Want Me to Do?
79 Dust My Broom
80 If the River Was Whiskey (Divin' Duck Blues)
81 2:10 Train
82 Let the Good Times Roll
83 Corrina, Corrina
84 Walkin' Down the Line
85 Take a Giant Step
86 Tulsa County
87 The Cuckoo (Alternate Version)
88 You're Going to Need Somebody On Your Bond (Live)
89 Chevrolet
90 Annie's Lover
91 Fishin' Blues
92 Take a Giant Step
93 You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond
94 Six Days On the Road
95 Farther On Down the Road
96 Bacon Fat
97 Wild Ox Moan
98 Candy Man
99 Stagger Lee
100 Needed Time
101 David's Dream
102 Curiosity Blues
103 Two Spirits Reunited
104 Needed Time (Banjo and Hand Clapping)
105 Harriet's Dance Song
106 Needed Time (Hummin' and Pickin')
107 Oh Mama Don't You Know
108 Railroad Bill
109 Teacup's Jazzy Blues Tune
110 Buck Dancer's Choice
111 Bound to Love Me Sometime
112 Ricochet
113 A Free Song (Rise up Children Shake the Devil Out of Your Soul)
114 Conch: Close
115 Gitano Negro
116 Kalimba
117 Chainey Do
118 Sweet Mama Janisse
119 Yan-Nah Mama-Loo
120 Jacob's Ladder
121 Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie (Any Mo')
122 Shady Grove
123 Butter
124 Runnin' By the Riverside
125 John, Ain't It Hard
126 Band Introduction
127 Big Fat
128 Divin' Duck Blues
129 Why Did You Have to Desert Me
130 Misty Morning Ride
131 Brown-Eyed Hansome Man
132 New E-Z Rider Blues
133 Black Man, Brown Man
134 Baby Love
135 Conch Intro
136 Black Spirit Boogie
137 Celebrated Walkin' Blues
138 Things Are Gonna Work out Fine (Bonus Track)
139 Ain't Gwine to Whistle Dixie (Any Mo') (Live)
140 Sweet Mama Janisse (Live)
141 Big Kneed Gal (Live)
142 Tom and Sally Drake (Live)
143 John, Ain't It Hard (Live)
144 Happy Just to Be Like I Am
145 Stealin’
146 Cajun Tune
147 Give Your Woman What She Wants (From the Motion Picture "The April Fools")
148 Oh Baby, Why Do You Wanna Make It Fat
149 I Got a Little
150 Candy Man
151 11th Street Overcrossing
152 Last Fair Deal Gone Down
153 The Girl with Green Eyes
154 Sunny's Dream
155 Spanish Lace Blues
156 Flyin' so High
2 She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride
3 Leaving Trunk
4 .44 Blues
5 By and By (Poor Me)
6 The Devil's Got My Woman
7 I Pity the Poor Immigrant
8 Ain't Nobody's Business
9 Old Time Song-Old Time Love
10 Needed Time (Guitar)
11 Someday Be a Change
12 Horseshoes
13 Jailhouse Blues
14 I'm Running and I'm Happy
15 David Runs Again
16 Just Workin'
17 Morning Work / n' Meat's on the Stove
18 Cheraw
19 Sounder Chase a Coon
20 Motherless Children
21 You Don't Miss Your Water ('Til Your Well Runs Dry)
22 Country Blues #1
23 Aristocracy
24 Light Rain Blues
25 Dear Ladies
26 Linin' Track
27 Big Mama
28 Colored Aristocracy
29 Why?...And We Repeat Why?...And We Repeat!
30 We Tune
31 Easy to Love
32 Tomorrow May Not Be Your Day
33 Keep Your Hands Off Her
34 When I Feel the Sea Beneath My Soul
35 Little Red Hen Blues
36 Blind Boy Rag
37 Roll, Turn, Spin
38 Cajun Waltz
39 Cluck Old Hen
40 A Little Soulful Tune
41 New Stranger Blues (Bonus Track)
42 Eighteen Hammers
43 Done Changed My Way of Living
44 I Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Steal My Jellyroll
45 Good Morning Miss Brown
46 Statesboro Blues
47 Oh, Susanna
48 (Clara) St. Kitts Woman
49 E Z Rider
50 Ain't That a Lot of Love
51 Diving Duck Blues (Live)
52 Fishin' Blues (Live)
53 Going Up to the Country and Paint My Mailbox Blue (Live)
54 She Caught the Katy (And Left Me a Mule to Ride) (Live)
55 You Ain't No Street Walker Mama, Honey But I Do Love the Way You Strut Your Stuff (Live)
56 Statesboro Blues
57 Frankie & Albert
58 Built for Comfort
59 Johnny Too Bad
60 Blackjack Davey
61 Cakewalk into Town
62 Sweet Home Chicago
63 Texas Woman Blues
64 Slave Driver
65 You Ain't No Street Walker Mama, Honey But I Do Love the Way You Strut Your Stuff
66 Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
67 Desperate Lover
68 Further On Down the Road
69 Satisfied 'n' Tickled Too
70 West Indian Revelation
71 Checkin' Up On My Baby
72 Everybody's Got to Change Sometime
73 Dust My Broom
74 Diving Duck Blues
75 Corinna
76 Going Up to the Country, Paint My Mailbox Blue
77 The Cuckoo
78 Baby, What You Want Me to Do?
79 Dust My Broom
80 If the River Was Whiskey (Divin' Duck Blues)
81 2:10 Train
82 Let the Good Times Roll
83 Corrina, Corrina
84 Walkin' Down the Line
85 Take a Giant Step
86 Tulsa County
87 The Cuckoo (Alternate Version)
88 You're Going to Need Somebody On Your Bond (Live)
89 Chevrolet
90 Annie's Lover
91 Fishin' Blues
92 Take a Giant Step
93 You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond
94 Six Days On the Road
95 Farther On Down the Road
96 Bacon Fat
97 Wild Ox Moan
98 Candy Man
99 Stagger Lee
100 Needed Time
101 David's Dream
102 Curiosity Blues
103 Two Spirits Reunited
104 Needed Time (Banjo and Hand Clapping)
105 Harriet's Dance Song
106 Needed Time (Hummin' and Pickin')
107 Oh Mama Don't You Know
108 Railroad Bill
109 Teacup's Jazzy Blues Tune
110 Buck Dancer's Choice
111 Bound to Love Me Sometime
112 Ricochet
113 A Free Song (Rise up Children Shake the Devil Out of Your Soul)
114 Conch: Close
115 Gitano Negro
116 Kalimba
117 Chainey Do
118 Sweet Mama Janisse
119 Yan-Nah Mama-Loo
120 Jacob's Ladder
121 Ain't Gwine Whistle Dixie (Any Mo')
122 Shady Grove
123 Butter
124 Runnin' By the Riverside
125 John, Ain't It Hard
126 Band Introduction
127 Big Fat
128 Divin' Duck Blues
129 Why Did You Have to Desert Me
130 Misty Morning Ride
131 Brown-Eyed Hansome Man
132 New E-Z Rider Blues
133 Black Man, Brown Man
134 Baby Love
135 Conch Intro
136 Black Spirit Boogie
137 Celebrated Walkin' Blues
138 Things Are Gonna Work out Fine (Bonus Track)
139 Ain't Gwine to Whistle Dixie (Any Mo') (Live)
140 Sweet Mama Janisse (Live)
141 Big Kneed Gal (Live)
142 Tom and Sally Drake (Live)
143 John, Ain't It Hard (Live)
144 Happy Just to Be Like I Am
145 Stealin’
146 Cajun Tune
147 Give Your Woman What She Wants (From the Motion Picture "The April Fools")
148 Oh Baby, Why Do You Wanna Make It Fat
149 I Got a Little
150 Candy Man
151 11th Street Overcrossing
152 Last Fair Deal Gone Down
153 The Girl with Green Eyes
154 Sunny's Dream
155 Spanish Lace Blues
156 Flyin' so High
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