I went down to St. James Infirmary
To see my baby there,
She was stretched down on a long white table,
So sweet, so cold, so fair.
Let her go, let her go, God blees her;
Wherever she may be
She can look this whole wide world over
And never find another man like me
When I die, you can bury me in every slapp suit
Thus by would it wore down the hat;
Put a twenty-dollar gold piece in my pocket
And let the fellas know I died standin' pat
Let her go, let her go, God bless her;
Wherever she may be
She can look this whole wide world over
And never find another man like me.
To see my baby there,
She was stretched down on a long white table,
So sweet, so cold, so fair.
Let her go, let her go, God blees her;
Wherever she may be
She can look this whole wide world over
And never find another man like me
When I die, you can bury me in every slapp suit
Thus by would it wore down the hat;
Put a twenty-dollar gold piece in my pocket
And let the fellas know I died standin' pat
Let her go, let her go, God bless her;
Wherever she may be
She can look this whole wide world over
And never find another man like me.