St. James Infirmary

Song St. James Infirmary
Artist Cab Calloway
Album Chronological Calloway Vol. 1: The Early Years 1930-1934

Lyrics

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[ar:Cab Calloway]
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[00:50.42] Folks, I'm goin' down to St. James Infirmary,
[00:55.83] See my baby there;
[00:59.27] She's stretched out on a long, white table,
[01:03.22] She's so sweet, so cold, so fair.
[01:07.90] Let her go, let her go, God bless her,
[01:11.66] Wherever she may be,
[01:16.08] She will search this wide world over,
[01:19.80] But she'll never find another sweet man like me.
[01:23.48] Now, when I die, bury me in my straight-leg britches,
[01:27.94] Put on a box-back coat and a stetson hat,
[01:31.99] Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain,
[01:36.01] So you can let all the boys know I died standing pat.
[01:39.92] Folks, now that you have heard my story,
[01:43.91] Say, boy, hand me another shot of that booze;
[01:49.11] If anyone should ask you,
[01:51.73] Tell 'em I've got those St. James Infirmary blues.