St. James Infirmary

Traditional

Verse 1:

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It was down in	Old Joe’s	bar-room,

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on the corner	by the	square,

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the	usual	crowd was ass	embled

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and	big Joe Mck	enny was	there.

Verse 2:

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He was standing	at my	shoulder,

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his eyes were	bloodshot	red,

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he	turned to the	crowd	around him

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these are the	very	words he	said...wad he say Jack?

Verse 3:

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I went down to the	St. James In	firmary

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I saw my	baby	there,

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she was	layed out on a	cold white	table,

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so	cold, so	white, so	fair.

Chorus:

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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 a sweet	man like	me.

Verse 4:

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When I die,	bury me	,

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in a high top	Stetson	hat,

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put a	20 dollar	goldpiece	on my watch chain,

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so	god know I d	ied standing p	at.

Verse 5:

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I want 6 crap	shooters for pall	bearers,

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chorus gonna	sing me a	song,

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put a	jazz band	on my hearse	wagon,

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raise	hell, as	I roll	along.

Chorus:

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Let her go, let her	go, god	bless her

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Verse 6:

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Roll out your	rubber tired	carriage

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roll out your	old time	hack,

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12 men	going to the	graveyard and,

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11	coming	back

Verse 7:

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Now that I’ve	told my	story,

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I’ll take another	shot of	booze,

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and if	anyone should	happen to	ask me,

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I	got those,	gambler’s	blues.

Chorus:

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Let her go, let her	go, god	bless her

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