Make sure those here knocking yo half a devil (half a devil...) ♪ Make sure those here knocking yo half a devil (half a devil...) ♪ I'm going down to St. James Infirmary See, my baby there She's stretched out on a long, white table She's so sweet, so cold, so fair ♪ Let her go, let her go, oh, bless her Wherever she may be She will search this wide world over But she'll never find another sweet man like me Now 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 And give me six crap shooting pall bearers 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, boy, hand me over another shot of that booze ♪ And give me six crap shooting pallbearers And give me six crap shooting pallbearers And give me six crap shooting pallbearers And give me six crap shooting pallbearers