I certainly think he killed her because she cheated on him.
"Well, I walked up right close, looked down in her face
Said, the good ol' gal got to lay here 'til the Judgment Day"
To me that sounds almost like he's saying it with malice. She's dead and will now have to be judged for her sins (cheating on him). If she was not a sinner then she would be going to heaven.
"Lord, have mercy on my wicked soul
I wouldn't mistreat you baby, for my weight in gold"
Now we get a hint that maybe he had something to do with her death. Why is he asking for mercy? Why is he wicked? Unless he killed her...
"Well, I folded up my arms and I slowly walked away
I said, "Farewell honey, I'll see you on Judgment Day"
He'll see her on Judgement day because he will be judged for her murder lol...
"You know I didn't feel so bad, 'til the good ol' sun went down
I didn't have a soul to throw my arms around
I didn't feel so bad, 'til the good ol' sun went down
You know, I didn't have nobody to throw my arms around"
He starts feeling regret over his actions.
"I loved you baby, better than I did myself
I said now if you don't have me, I didn't want you to have nobody else"
This one almost comes out and says it that he killed her. Either for adultery...or maybe she just broke up with him and he killed her for that.
"Ah, hush, thought I heard her call my name
If it wasn't so loud and so nice and plain
Ah, yeah
Mmmmmm
Well, listen, whatever you do
This is one thing, honey, I tried to get along with you
Yes, no tellin' what you do
I done everything I could, just to try and get along with you"
This is my favorite part of the whole song and it comes out very well in some versions. He gets spooked and think he hears her voice from the dead come back to haunt him. He then goes to explain to the voice/ghost/his imagination that love makes you do strange things and that's why he killed her.
I certainly think he killed her because she cheated on him.
"Well, I walked up right close, looked down in her face Said, the good ol' gal got to lay here 'til the Judgment Day"
To me that sounds almost like he's saying it with malice. She's dead and will now have to be judged for her sins (cheating on him). If she was not a sinner then she would be going to heaven.
"Lord, have mercy on my wicked soul I wouldn't mistreat you baby, for my weight in gold"
Now we get a hint that maybe he had something to do with her death. Why is he asking for mercy? Why is he wicked? Unless he killed her...
"Well, I folded up my arms and I slowly walked away I said, "Farewell honey, I'll see you on Judgment Day"
He'll see her on Judgement day because he will be judged for her murder lol...
"You know I didn't feel so bad, 'til the good ol' sun went down I didn't have a soul to throw my arms around I didn't feel so bad, 'til the good ol' sun went down You know, I didn't have nobody to throw my arms around"
He starts feeling regret over his actions.
"I loved you baby, better than I did myself I said now if you don't have me, I didn't want you to have nobody else"
This one almost comes out and says it that he killed her. Either for adultery...or maybe she just broke up with him and he killed her for that.
"Ah, hush, thought I heard her call my name If it wasn't so loud and so nice and plain Ah, yeah Mmmmmm
Well, listen, whatever you do This is one thing, honey, I tried to get along with you Yes, no tellin' what you do I done everything I could, just to try and get along with you"
This is my favorite part of the whole song and it comes out very well in some versions. He gets spooked and think he hears her voice from the dead come back to haunt him. He then goes to explain to the voice/ghost/his imagination that love makes you do strange things and that's why he killed her.