St. James Infirmary Lyrics

Scatman Crothers St. James Infirmary

I went down to St. James Infirmary
Found my baby there
Stretched out on a long white table
Lookin' so cool, so pale and so fair

Let her go, let her go, God bless her
Wherever she may be
She can search this wide wide world over
But she would never find a good man like me

When I die bury me in straight trousers
Boxback coat, yes, and a Stetson hat
Hang a thousand dollar gold piece on my watch chain
So the boys will know that I died standing pat

I want sixteen, sixteen stalwart white horses
Yeah
Let her go, let her go, God bless her
Wherever she may be
She may search this wide world over
She'll never find a good man like me