Josh Ritter - Folk Bloodbath lyrics

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<b>Folk Bloodbath</b> by <i>Josh Ritter</i><br />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