 St. James Infirmary lyrics ( Ramblin` Jack Elliot )   
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 Rate St. James Infirmary
Artist : Ramblin` Jack Elliot
Song : St. James Infirmary
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.
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