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St. James Infirmary

from Des Histoires​.​.​. by Cyriel

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It was down in Old Joe's bar-room,
on the corner by the square,
the usual crowd was assembled
and big Joe Mckenny was there.

He was standing at my shoulder,
his eyes were bloodshot red,
he turned to the crowd around him
and these are the very words he said...

I was down in St. James Infirmary
To see my baby there,
she was layed out on a cold white table,
so cold, so white, so fair.

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,
no she’ll never find an other man like me

When I die, bury me,
in a high top Stetson hat,
put a 20 dollar goldpiece on my watch chain,
so god know I died standing pat.

I want 6 crapshooters for pallbearers,
chorus gonna sing me a song,
put a jazz band on my hearse wagon,
raise hell, as I roll along.

Let her go, let her go, god bless her
wherever she may be,
she may search this wide world over,
but she'll never find a sweet man like me
she’ll never find an other man like me.

Roll out your rubber tired carriage
roll out your old time hack,
12 men going to the graveyard and,
11 coming back

Let her go, let her go, god bless her
wherever she may be,
she may search this wide world over,
she’ll never find an other man like me,
she'll never find a sweet man like me.

Now that I've told my story,
I'll take another shot of booze,
and if anyone should happen to ask me,
I got those gamblers’ blues.(x3)

Let her go, let her go, god bless her
wherever she may be,
she may search this wide world over,
but she'll never find a sweet man like him
no she’ll never find an other man like him.

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from Des Histoires​.​.​., released September 19, 2018

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