Folk Bloodbath

Louis Collins took a trip out west

When he returned, little Delia had gone to rest

The angels laid her away

Louis said to Delia

"That's the sad thing with life,

There's people always leavin' just as other folks arrive"

The angels laid her away

When the people heard Delia was dead

All of them gentlemen they dressed in red

The angels laid her away

Angels laid her away

Laid her six feet under the clay

The angels laid her away

Louis went downtown for a new suit of clothes

He's gonna dress up for Delia like a fine red rose

The angels laid him away

He brought a ten-gallon Stetson

It was ox blood red

Stacker Lee shot Louis in the back of the head

The angels laid him away

Oh Stacker Lee said to Louis,

'Oh now don't you grieve. I'm sending you to Delia, you won't ever have to leave.'

The angels laid him away

Angels laid him away

They laid him six feet under the clay

The angels laid him away

Well the judge was a mean one

His name was Hangin' Billy Lyons

He said "You've always been a bad man, Stack, you gonna hang this time.

The angels lay you away."

And the jailer said to Stacker Lee 'What's the problem with you?"

'Aw jailer, Louis Collins' ghost brought Delia's with him, too."

The angels laid them away

Angels laid him away

They laid him six feet under the clay

The angels laid him away

Well they buried little Delia

In the church yard deep

With Louis Collins at her head

Stacker Lee at her feet

The angels laid them away

And out of Delia's bed came briars

Out of Louis's bed a rose

Out of Stacker Lee's came Stacker Lee's cold lonely little ghost

Angels laid them away

And I'm looking over rooftops

And I'm hoping that it ain't true

That the same God looks out for them Looks out for me and you

Angels laid them away

Angels laid them away

Angels laid them away