St James Infirmary

Cab Calloway

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Fm C Fm C Folks, i'm goin' down to st. james infirmary
Fm C Fm C see
Fm C Fm C My baby there, she's stretched out on a long, white table
A#m C Fm C She's so sweet, so cold, so fair
Fm C Fm C Let her go, let her go, god bless her
Fm C Fm C Wherever she may be
Fm C Fm C She will search this wide world over
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A#m C Fm C But she'll never find another sweet man like me
Fm C Fm C Now, when i die, bury me in my straight-leg britches
Fm C Fm C Put on a box-back coat and a stetson hat
Fm C Fm C Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain
A#m C Fm C So you can let all the boys know i died standing pat
Fm C Fm C An' give me six crap shooting pall bearers
Fm C Fm C Let a chorus girl sing me a song
Fm C Fm C put a reeed hot jazz band at the top of my head so we can raise
A#m C Fm C Hallelujah as we go along
Fm C Fm C Folks, now that you have heard my story
Fm C Fm C say, boy, hand me another shot of that boooooze
Fm C Fm C if anyone should ask you
A#m C Fm Tell 'em i've got those st. james infirmary blues
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