I went down to St. James Infirmary, Saw my baby there. Stretched out on a long white table, So cold, so sweet, so fair… Let her go, let her go, God bless her! (Wherever she may be!) Let her go, let her go, God bless her! (Wherever she may be!) She can search this wide world over… She'll never find a sweet man like me! When I die, dress me in straight lace shoes, Boxback coat and a Stetson hat. Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain, So the boys'll know that I died standing pat… Let her go, let her go, God bless her! (Wherever she may be!) She can search this wide world over She'll never find a sweet man like me! Get me six crapshooting pallbearers, Chorus girls to sing me a song. Put a rock band on my tailgate, To raise hell as we roll along! Now that you've heard my story… I'll take another shot of booze... And if anyone should happen to ask you I've got the St. James Infirmary blues! Yeah, the St. James Infirmary blues! She can search this wide world over She'll never find a sweet man like me! Let her go, let her go, God bless her! (Wherever she may be!)
