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