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ADD: Angels Laid Her Away (Folk Bloodbath) Related threads: (origins) The death of Louis Collins (38) Miss.J.Hurt song: Angels Laid Him Away? (9) Lewis Collins? (3)
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Subject: RE: ADD: Angels Laid Her Away (Folk Bloodbath) From: CET Date: 26 Feb 16 - 08:21 AM Thanks. Mudcat strikes again. |
Subject: RE: ADD: Angels Laid Her Away (Folk Bloodbath) From: Joe Offer Date: 25 Feb 16 - 01:17 AM refreshski |
Subject: ADD: Folk Bloodbath (Louis Collins) From: Joe Offer Date: 23 Feb 16 - 02:11 AM Folk Bloodbath - A song from the new Josh Ritter's album 'So Runs The World Away' FOLK BLOODBATH (Josh Ritter version of "Louis Collins," "Delia," and ""Stackalee.") 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 He brought a ten-gallon Stetson It was ox blood red Stackalee shot Louis in the back of the head The angels laid him away Oh 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 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 Stackalee 'What's the problem with you?' 'Oh jailer, Louis Collins' ghost brought Delia's with him, too.' The angels laid them away 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 Stackalee 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 Stackalee's came Stackalee'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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6s0ejQElUg Here's an excerpt from the review of the album by The Atlantic:
In order to discuss all three characters, Ritter shortens their back-stories and eliminates emotional touches, such as the descriptions of weeping mothers or of the victims begging for their lives. In "Folk Bloodbath", we never find out what happened to poor Delia, who has simply "gone to rest" before the song commences. In Blind Willie McTell's version, she screams "Jesus Christ" before getting shot by a .44. While gruesome, such details gave the old tracks their bite. Ritter's tale feels sanitized by comparison. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angels Laid Her Away From: cnd Date: 22 Feb 16 - 10:15 PM Also, here are the lyrics http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/joshritter/folkbloodbath.html |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Angels Laid Her Away From: cnd Date: 22 Feb 16 - 10:14 PM Does this sound right? If so, the lyrics shouldn't be too hard to make out for yourself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6s0ejQElUg |
Subject: Lyr Req: Angels Laid Her Away From: CET Date: 22 Feb 16 - 09:32 PM There's an episode of The Good Wife that ends with a song playing in the soundtrack that is recognizably "Louis Collins" by Mississippi John Hurt, except that the lyrics are a about a woman named Delia and the refrain is "angels laid her away". Does anybody know this song. I would really like to find the lyrics. |
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