St James Infirmary Blues Songtext
von Abner Jay

I went down to old Joe′s bar room
On the corner by the square
They were serving them drinks as usual
And the usual crowd was there
On my left stood Joe McKinsey Lee
His eyes were bloodshot red
He turned to the crowd around him
And these are the words he said


"I went down to that St. James Infirmary
I went down there to see my baby
She was stretched out on a long white table
So sweet, so cool and so fair
I went up to see the doctor
'She′s feelin' mighty low', he said
I went up to see my baby
Great God, she was lyin′ there dead"

"Oh, let her go, let her go, God bless her
Wherever she may be
She can search this whole wide world over
She′ll never find another man like me
This is the end of my story
Let's have another round of booze
If anybody should ask you, tell ′em
I got the St. James Infirmary Blues"