Folk Bloodbath Lyrics - So Runs The World Away - Josh Ritter

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 

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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 

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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