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Thread #45200   Message #667187
Posted By: Pene Azul
11-Mar-02 - 04:46 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Louis Collins (Mississippi John Hurt)
Subject: Lyr Add: LOUIS COLLINS (Mississippi John Hurt)
Here are the lyrics from Harry's Blues, which is often unavailable lately, as linked by J.P. above. Also, here's a TAB.


LOUIS COLLINS
by Mississippi John Hurt

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