Delia oh Delia Delia all my life

If I hadn't have shot poor Delia I'd've had her for my wife

Delia's gone one more round Delia's gone

First time I shot her shot her in the side

Hard to watch her suffer but with the second shot she died

Delia's gone one more round Delia's gone

Well the guilty gets a sentence but I ain't gonna tell you mine

Cause I got a brother in Memphis doin' life for ninety-nine

Delia's gone one more round Delia's gone

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Oh jailer oh jailer Jailer I can't sleep

Cause all around my bedside I hear the patter of Delia's feet

Delia's gone one more round Delia's gone

Now you give me my hammer I'll drag the ball and chain

And every rock I bust I seem to ring out Delia's name

Delia's gone one more round Delia's gone

Delia's gone one more round Delia's gone oh Delia