Here we go Well I went down to the St James Infirmary Where I saw my baby lyin' there Stretched out on the cold white table So cold, so cold, and so bare Let her go, let her go, God bless her Wherever she may be You can search this whole world over You ain't never find a sweet baby like me When I die, lord, I want you to bury me In my high-top Stetson hat Put a twenty dollar gold piece on my watch chain So all the boys can know I died standin' high Now baby when I die I want you to bury my body Underneath the roots of an old oak tree I'm gonna spread my wings and Take to the sky 'Cause even that Ain't gonna stop me I went down to the St James Infirmary Where I saw my baby lyin' there Stretched out on the cold white table So cold, so cold, and so bare Let her go, let her go, God bless her Wherever she may be You can search this whole world over You ain't never find a sweet baby like me
Well I went down to that old Joe's bar room I had seven women on my track When I came home later on that ev'ning lord Only six of them were coming back Well you can search this whole world over Baby, you can search it high and low But you ain't never find a pretty little baby like me No matter, no matter where you go I went down to the St James Infirmary Where I saw my baby lyin' there Stretched out on the cold white table So cold, so cold, and so bare Let her go, let her go, God bless her Wherever she may be You can search this whole world over You ain't never find a sweet baby like me I went down to the St James Infirmary[eeeehaha! WOO!] Where I saw my baby lyin' there Stretched out on the cold white table So cold, so cold, and so bare Let her go, let her go, God bless her[aaahaaaaa!] Wherever she may be You can search this whole world over You ain't never find a sweet baby like me