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St. James Infirmary lyrics
It was down in Old Joe's barroom,
On the corner by the square,
The usual crowd was assembled
And big Joe McKinney was there.
He was standing at my shoulder.
His eyes were bloodshot red;
He turned to the crowd around him,
These are the very words he said:
"I went down to the St. James Infirmary
I saw my baby there,
She's laid out on a cold white table,
So so cold, so white, so fair."
chorus
"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 sweet man like me."
Oh, when I die, bury me
In my high top Stetson hat;
Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain
God'll know I died standin' pat.
I want six crap shooters for pall bearers.
Chorus girl to sing me a song.
Put a jazz band on my hearse wagon.
Raise Hell as I roll along.
Roll out your rubber tired carriage,
Roll out your old time hat.
Twelve men going to the graveyard
And eleven coming back.
Now that I've told my story,
I'll take another shot of booze.
And if anyone should happen to ask you,
I've got those gamblers' blues.
Part of these releases
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- Track 10 on The Essential Louis Armstrong
- 9 Beau Koo Jack
- 11 Tight Like This
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- Track 17 on The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings Disc 4
- 16 Hear Me Talkin' to Ya?
- 18 Tight Like This
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- Track 24 on 25 Greatest Hot Fives & Sevens
- 23 Muggles
- 25 Tight Like This
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- Track 1 on Satchmo Plays King Oliver
- 2 St. James Infirmary
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- Track 8 on Louis Armstrong: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings Disc 4
- 7 Save It, Pretty Mama
- 9 Jack-Armstrong Blues
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- Track 9 on Singin' n' Playin'
- 8 A Kiss To Build A Dream On
- 10 Indiana
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- Track 9 on Volume 2
- 8 Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
- 10 Ain't Misbehavin'
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- Track 18 on C'est si bon
- 17 C'est Si Bon
- 19 Someday You'll Be Sorry
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- Track 17 on Armstrong Louis!
- 16 Potato Head Blues
- 18 I'm A Ding Dong Daddy
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- Track 7 on The Louis Armstrong Saga
- 6 Basin Street Blues
- 8 Royal Garden Blues
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- Track 23 on 24 Chefs-d'œuvre
- 22 No-One Else But You
- 24 Tight Like This
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- Track 9 on Tiger Rag
- 8 Just A Gigolo
- 8 You're Driving Me Crazy
- 10 Mame
- 10 Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
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- Track 7 on Satchmo
- 6 Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
- 6 C'est Si Bon
- 8 Snake Rag
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- Track 18 on Stardust
- 17 Potato Head Blues
- 19 When It's Sleepy Time Down South
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- Track 13 on Great Original Performances 1923-1931
- 12 Save It, Pretty Mama
- 14 Knockin' A Jug
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- Track 7 on Sugar
- 6 Save It, Pretty Mama
- 8 Jack-Armstrong Blues
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- Track 14 on Louis Armstrong Gold Collection
- 13 Blueberry Hill
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- Track 8 on Blueberry Hill
- 7 Blueberry Hill
- 7 Back O'town Blues
- 9 Mack The Knife
- 9 Someday You'll Be Sorry
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- Track 11 on That Rythm Man
- 10 Once In A While
- 12 I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
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- Track 1 on Jazz & Blues: 36 Outstanding Tracks
- 2 Blueberry Hill
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- Track 17 on The Complete Masters 1925-1945 Disc 3
- 16 Hear Me Talkin' to Ya?
- 18 Tight Like This
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- Track 24 on New Orleans in Chicago Disc 3
- 23 Hear Me Talkin' to Ya?
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- Track 3 on A Portrait
- 2 St. Louis Blues
- 4 C'est Si Bon
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