Stagger Lee Songtext
von David Gans

1940 Xmas eve with a full moon over town
Stagger Lee met Billy DeLyon and he blew the poor boy down
Do you know what he shot him for?
What do you make of that?
Billy DeLyon threw a lucky dice
Won Stagger Lee′s Stetson hat

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

Delia DeLyon, oh sweet Delia D
How in the hell can I arrest him?
He′s twice as big as me
Don't ask me to go downtown
I won't come back alive
Not only is that mother big
He packs a forty five


Bayo, Delia said, just get me your gun
He shot my Billy dead
Now I′m gonna see him hung

She went down to DeLyon′s club
Threw Billy DeLyon's blood
Stepped up to Stagger Lee at the bar
Said, buy me a gin fizz, love
As Stagger Lee lit a cigarette
She shot him in the balls
Blew the smoke off her revolver
Had him dragged to city hall

Bayo, Bayo, see you hang him high
He shot my Billy dead
Now he′s got to die

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