Rhiannon Giddens - Freedom Highway

The Angels Laid Him Away

Hey Mrs. Collins, ain't it hard?
To see young Louis in that old graveyard
Angels laid him away

Mrs. Collins weeped, Mrs. Collins moaned
What made her son Louis leave his home
The angels laid him away
Angels laid him away
Laid him six feet under the clay
The angels laid him away

Bob shot one and Louis shot too
Shot poor Collins, shot him through and through
The angels laid him away

When they heard old Louis was dead
All the womenfolk they dressed in red
The angels laid him away
Angels laid him away
Laid him six feet under the clay
The angels laid him away

Angels laid him away
Laid him six feet under the clay
The angels laid him away
The angels laid him away



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Other Album Tracks

  1. At the Purchaser's Option
  2. The Angels Laid Him Away
  3. Julie
  4. Birmingham Sunday
  5. Better Get It Right the First Time
  6. We Could Fly
  7. Hey Bébé
  8. Come Love Come
  9. The Love We Almost Had
  10. Baby Boy

All Album Tracks: Freedom Highway >

Altri album

  1. Don't Come Around Here No More
  2. Black Is the Color (Live)
  3. The Ballad of Sally Anne
  4. You're the One
  5. Too Little, Too Late, Too Bad
  6. You Louisiana Man
  7. You're the One
  8. Build A House (with Yo-Yo Ma & Francesco Turrisi) - Single
  9. Julie's Aria (with Bill Frisell & Francesco Turrisi) - Single
  10. They're Calling Me Home (with Francesco Turrisi)

All Albums of Rhiannon Giddens >

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