St. James Infirmiry Blues

Lyrics

I went on to old joe's barroom On that corner by the square He was serving them drinks as usual And the usual crowd was there On my left stood ol' joe McKinley His eyes were bloodshot red He turned to the crowd around him These are the words he said I went on to the saint james infirmary I went on down there to see my baby She was stretched out on a long white table So sweet, so cool, and so fair I went up to see the doctor She feeling kinda low he said I wеnt up to see my pretty baby Pray god she was lying therе dead Let her go, let her go, god bless her Wherever she may be She can search the whole world wide over She'll never find another sweet man like me The worst tragedy of my life was the first time, when I got married Went down to the licence bureau for the licence They asked, "Did her parents consent?" I said "Who the devil you think that out there with that shotgun? Daniel Boone?" Night of the wedding she she came down the aisle carrying four roses She carried it well too After the wedding it was kinda messy Cause they thought throwing rice But the rice had already been cooked Then we left the crowd and went up in a room to put our things together Cause we was going on have a honeymoon She wanted to go to Selma, Alabama on the honeymoon I wanted to go to Miami beach So we went to Selma, Alabama on our honeymoon She went out and got a sign put up over her bed, it read: "I need thee every hour" I went out and got a sign put up over my bed, it read: "Lord give me strength" First, third and fourth day passed, then came the pause that refreshes She said I'm like a load of fireworks I'm no good after the fourth She fascinated me cause I like to run my fingers through her money One day we was playing checkers And I tried to jump her Then I found out that 'lecrticians not the only ones who try to eliminate shorts My wife did I found out she had a wooden leg I was gon have her face lift, but I didn't have no jack Then trouble started Nine years passed we had ten young'uns Double up one year, thought we'd take a year off Then she start smoking reefers Then she got a craving for the harder stuff Then she start on cocaine Like most of ya It got the best of her Hear the end, the end of my story Let's have another round of booze If anybody here should ask you tell 'em I got the Saint James infirmary blues I got a Saint James Infirmiry blues