St. James Infirmary Blues Lyrics - Live On The Small Screen - Louis Armstrong

It was down in Old Joe's barroom 

On the corner by the square 

The usual crowd was assembled 

And big Joe McKinney was there 

He was standing at my shoulder 

His eyes were bloodshot red 

He turned to the crowd around him 

These are the very words he said: 

"I went down to the St. James Infirmary 

I saw my baby there 

She's laid out on a cold white table 

So so cold, so white, so fair." 

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refrain: 

"Let her go, let her go, God bless her 

Wherever she may be 

She may search this wide world over 

She'll never find a sweet man like me." 

Oh, when I die, bury me 

In my high top Stetson hat 

Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain 

God'll know I died standin' pat 

I want six crap shooters for pall bearers 

Chorus girl to sing me a song 

Put a jazz band on my hearse wagon 

Raise Hell as I roll along 

Roll out your rubber tired carriage 

Roll out your old time hat 

Twelve men going to the graveyard 

And eleven coming back 

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Now that I've told my story 

I'll take another shot of booze 

And if anyone should happen to ask you 

I've got those gamblers' blues