It was down in old Joe's barroom In the corner down by the square All the drink they were served as usual And the usual crowd was there On my left stood Old George McKennedy While his eyes they were bloodshoted red And he turned to the crowd around him And this words he said I went down to St. James Infirmary They've got my baby there Stretched out on a long, long, long white table So cold, so fear, she was dead Let her go, let her go, God bless her Wherever she may be She may seaech this whole whole world wide over Never find a man as sweet as me Might be killed on the highway Might be struck by some strike You might write down on life's history That a woman was a cause of it all But if I die won't you burry me On my tombstone write these letters in black Saying here lies my hardworking daddy I wish he would come back Let her go, let her go, God bless her Wherever she may be She may search the whole whole world wide over Never find a man as sweet as me Never find a man as sweet as me