Folks, I'm goin' down to St. James Infirmary See my baby there She's stretched out on a long, white table So sweet, so cold, so fair Let her go, let her go, God bless her ohh! Wherever she may be She can search this wide world over She'll never find another sweet man like me When I die, bury me in my straight-leg britches Put on a box-back coat and a Stetson hat Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain So you can let all the boys know I died standing pat Then give me six, crap shooting pallbearers Let a chorus girl, sing me a song Put a red hot jazz band at the top of my head So we can raise hallelujah, as we go along Folks, now that you have heard my story Say, man, hand me over another shot of that booze And if anyone should ask you You tell 'em I've got those St. James Infirmary, blues!