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St. James Infirmary - Josh White



     
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It was down by old Joe's barroom, on the corner of the square
They were serving drinks as usual, and the usual crowd was there
On my left stood Big Joe McKennedy, and his eyes were bloodshot red
And he turned his face to the people, these were the very words he saidI was down to St. James infirmary, I saw my baby there
She was stretched out on a long white table,
So sweet, cool and so fairLet her go, let her go, God bless her
wherever she may be...
She may search this whole wide world over
never find a sweeter man as me....When I die please bury me in my high top Stetson hat
put a 20 dollar gold piece on my watch chain
The gang'll know I died standing patLet her go, let her go God bless her
Wherever she may be
She may search this wide world over
Never find a sweeter man as meI want 6 crapshooters to be my pallbearers
3 pretty women to sing a song
Stick a jazz band on my hearse wagon
Raise hell as I stroll alongLet her go Let her go
God bless her

Wherever she may be
She may search this whole wide
world over
She'll never find a sweeter
Man as me..

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Josh White (born Joshua Daniel White in Greenville, South Carolina, 11 February 1914 or 1915; died Manhasset, New York, 5 September 1969) was an American folk, blues, and gospel singer and guitarist. White was amongst the first blues performers to attract a large white and middle-class African American following, transcending the typical barriers at the time associating blues with a rural and working-class African American audience, and performed in prestigious night clubs and theatres during the 1930s and 1940s.

Read more about Josh White on Last.fm.


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