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St. James Infirmary
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Rickie Lee Jones
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(Traditional)
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I went down to St. James Infirmary
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To see my baby there,
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She was lyin' on a long white table,
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So sweet, so cool, so fair.
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Went up to see the doctor,
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"She's very low," he said;
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Went back to see my baby
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Good God! She's lying there dead.
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I went down to old Joe's barroom,
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On 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 old Joe McKennedy,
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And his eyes were bloodshot red;
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He turned to the crowd around him,
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These are the words he said:
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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 the wide world over
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And never find a better man than me
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Oh, when I die, please bury me
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In my ten dollar Stetson hat;
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Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain
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So my friends'll know I died standin' pat.
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Get six gamblers to carry my coffin
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Six chorus girls to sing me a song
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Put a twenty-piece jazz band on my tail gate
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To raise Hell as we go along
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Now that's the end of my story
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Let's have another round of booze
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And if anyone should ask you just tell them
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I've got the St. James Infirmary blues
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