St James Infirmary Lyrics

St James Infirmary lyrics

It was down in Old Joe's barroom,
On the corner by the square,
The usual
crowd was assembled
And big Joe McKinney was there.

He was standing
at my shoulder.
His eyes were bloodshot red;
He turned to the crowd
around him,
These are the very words he said:

"I went down to the St.
James Infirmary
I saw my baby there,
She's laid out on a cold white
table,
So so cold, so white, so fair."

chorus
"Let her go, let her
go, God bless her;
Wherever she may be
She may search this wide world
over
She'll never find a sweet man like me."
Oh, when I die, bury
me
In my high top Stetson hat;
Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch
chain
God'll know I died standin' pat.

I want six crap shooters for
pall bearers.
Chorus girl to sing me a song.
Put a jazz band on my hearse
wagon.
Raise Hell as I roll along.

Roll out your rubber tired
carriage,
Roll out your old time hat.
Twelve men going to the
graveyard
And eleven coming back.

Now that I've told my
story,
I'll take another shot of booze.
And if anyone should happen to
ask you,
I've got those gamblers' blues.