Louis collins took a trip out west

And when he returned little deliad gone to rest


The angels laid her away


Louis said to delia oethats the sad thing with life

oepeople 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 oeoh now dont you grieve


oeim sending you to delia you wont 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 oehangin billy lyons


He said youve always been a bad man stack youre gonna hang this time


The angels laid him away

And the jailer said to stackalee oewhats the problem with you?


oeoh jailer louis collins ghost brought delias 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 delias bed came briars out of louis bed a rose


And out of stackalees came stackalees cold lonely little ghost

The angels laid them away


And im looking over rooftops and im hoping that it aint true

That the same god looked out for them looks out for me and you

The angels laid them away