Louis Collins
by 
Mississippi John Hurt 
recording of 19 
from , 
Mrs. Collins weeped, Mrs. Collins moaned, 
to see her son Louis leavin' home 
The angels laid him away 
The angels laid him away, 
they laid him six feet under the clay 
The angels laid him away 
Mrs. Collins weeped, Mrs. Collins moaned, 
to see her son Louis leavin' home 
The angels laid him away 
Oh, Bob shot once and Louis shot too, 
shot poor Collins, shot him through and through 
The angels laid him away 
Oh, kind friends, oh, ain't it hard?, 
to see poor Louis in a new graveyard 
The angels laid him away 
The angels laid him away, 
they laid him six feet under the clay 
The angels laid him away 
Oh, when they heard that Louis was dead 
all the people they dressed in red 
The angels laid him away 
The angels laid him away, 
they laid him six feet under the clay 
The angels laid him away 
Mrs. Collins weeped, Mrs. Collins moaned, 
to see her son Louis leavin' home 
The angels laid him away 
The angels laid him away, 
they laid him six feet under the clay 
The angels laid him away 
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Note: according to Hurt this song, his own composition, was based on a true episode