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St. James Infirmary Lyrics by Billy Lee Riley

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Well, I went down to St. James Infirmary
\nJust to see my baby there
\nShe was lyin' on a long white table
\nShe looked so sweet, so cool, and fair
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\nI went up just to see the doctor
\n"She's very low" her doctor said
\nI went back down just to see my baby
\nFound my baby there lyin' dead
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\nI went down to old Joe's Barroom
\nOn the corner by the square
\nThey were servin' drinks as usual
\nAnd the same old crowd was there
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\nOn my left stood old Joe McKenney
\nAnd his eyes were bloodshot red
\nHe turned around to the people around him
\nAnd these are the words Joe McKenney said
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\n"When I die, you can bury me
\nIn my ten-dollar Stetson hat, yeah
\nWith a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain
\nEverybody gotta know I died standin' pat"
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\n"I want six gamblers to carry my coffin
\nSix chorus girls to sing me a song, yeah
\nPut a twenty-piece jazz band on my tailgate
\nI want'a raise a little hell as I go along"
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Billy Lee Riley

Billy Lee Riley

About “St. James Infirmary” by Billy Lee Riley

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"St. James Infirmary" appears on "Billy Lee Riley In Action!!!!".

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