O I went down to St. James Infirmary
 Saw my baby there
 Stretched out on a long white table
 So cold, so still, so fair

 Let her go, let her go, God bless her
 Where ever she may be
 She can look this whole wide world all over
 She'll never find another man like me

 Now when I die I want you to bury me in straight leg shoes
 Box-back coat and a stetson hat
 Put a twenty dollar gold piece on my watch chain so
 The boys'll know I died standing pat

 Get six gambling men to carry my coffin
 Six chorus girls to sing my song
 And put a jazz band on my tailpipe
 So I can raise some hell before I'm gone

 Now this is the end of my story
 I'm gonna drown myself in booze
 And if anyone asks you tell them
 I got the St. James Infirmary Blues