Folk Bloodbath

Louis Collins took a trip out west
 And when he returned little Delia'd gone to rest
 The angels laid her away
 Louis said to Delia, "That's the sad thing with life"
 "People always leaving just as other folks arrive"
 The angels laid her away
 When the people heard that Delia was dead
 All them gentlemen they dressed in red
 The angels laid her away
 The 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
 Gonna dress up for Delia like a fine red rose
 The angels laid him away
 He brought a ten-gallon stetson it was oxblood red
 Then Stackalee shot Louis in the back of the head
 The angels laid him away
 Stackalee 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
 The angels laid him away
 Laid him six feet under the clay
 The angels laid him away
 The judge was a mean one, his name was "Hangin Billy Lyons
 He said, "You've always been a bad man, Stack, you're gonna hang this time"
 The angels laid him away
 And the jailer said to Stackalee, "What's the problem with you?"
 "Oh, jailer, Louis Collins ghost brought Delia's with him too"
 The angels laid him away
 The angels laid him away
 Laid him six feet under the clay
 The angels laid him away
 They buried little Delia in the churchyard deep
 Louis Collins at her head, Stackalee at her feet
 The angels laid them away
 And out of Delia's bed came briars, out of Louis' bed a rose
 And out of Stackalee's came Stackalee's cold lonely little ghost
 The angels laid them away
 And I'm looking over rooftops and I'm hoping that it ain't true
 That the same God looked out for them looks out for me and you
 The angels laid them away