Stjames Infirmary Lyrics - Devil You Know - Rickie Lee Jones

I went down to St. James Infirmary 

To see my baby there, 

She was lyin' on a long white table, 

So sweet, so cool, so fair. 

Went up to see the doctor, 

"She's very low," he said; 

Went back to see my baby 

Good God! She's lying there dead. 

I went down to old Joe's barroom, 

On the corner by the square 

They were serving the drinks as usual, 

And the usual crowd was there. 

On my left stood old Joe McKennedy, 

And his eyes were bloodshot red; 

He turned to the crowd around him, 

These are the words he said: 

Let her go, let her go, God bless her; 

Wherever she may be 

She may search the wide world over 

And never find a better man than me 

Oh, when I die, please bury me 

In my ten dollar Stetson hat; 

Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain 

So my friends'll know I died standin' pat. 

Get six gamblers to carry my coffin 

Six chorus girls to sing me a song 

Put a twenty-piece jazz band on my tail gate 

To raise Hell as we go along 

Now that's the end of my story 

Let's have another round of booze 

And if anyone should ask you just tell them 

I've got the St. James Infirmary blues