Mississippi John Hurt

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  Miz Col...lins      weep        Miz     Col......lins    moan 
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  to see   your  son   Louis          leave    his   home 
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  An.......gels     laid        him      away.              (I said) 
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CH: An.......gels     laid  him     away 
 
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  They laid him  six   feet           under    the   clay 
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  An........gels    laid  him    a.......way 
 
 
Bob shot one and Louis shot two 
but Barnes shot Collins, shot him through and through - 
now angels have laid him away. 
 
Chorus 
 
When they heard that Louis was dead 
all the people dressed in red, 
'cos angels have laid him away. 
 
Chorus 
 
Oh, kind friends now ain't it hard 
to see poor Louis in a new graveyard 
where angels laid him away. 
 
Chorus 
 
Miz Collins weep, Miz Collins moan 
to see your son Louis leave his home - 
angels laid him away. 
 
Chorus