St. James Infirmary Blues

	  		
  
  
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It was down at old Joe's bar room  
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At the corner      by the square  
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They were serving the drinks as usual  
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And the usual         crowd was there  
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On my left stood big Joe MacKennedy  
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His eyes were bloodshot     red  
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And as he looked at the crowd around him  
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These were the very words he said.  
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I went down to St. James Infirmary  
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Just to see my baby          there  
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She was stretched out on a long, white table  
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So cold, so  sweet, so fair  
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  Seventeen coal-black horses  
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Hitched to a rubber-tied hack  
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Seven girls goin' to the graveyard  
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Only six of them are coming back  
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Let her go. Let her go, God bless her  
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Wherever she may     be  
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She may search this wide world over  
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She'll never find another man like me  
  
  
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When I die, when I die, Lord bury me  
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In my high-top Stetson hat  
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Place a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain  
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To let the Lord know that I died standing pat  
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I want six crap-shooters for my pallbearers  
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A Chorus girl to sing me a   song  
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Place a jazz band on my hearse wagon  
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To raise hell as we roll along  
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 Now that you've heard my story  
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  I'll take another shot of       booze  
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  And if anyone here should ask you   
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  Just tell them I've got the gambler's blues  
  
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St. James Infirmary  
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