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24) St. James Infirmary
traditional / arr. border band

I went down to the St. James, my baby there she lay
Down on a cold marble table
Good Lord, I looked then I turned away

“What are my baby’s chances?” I asked the doctor there
He said, “Poor boy, by this evening her eyes’ll open wide ‘n stare”

Chorus: Oh let her go, let her go, God bless her
Wherever she may be, she can hunt this wide world over
She’ll never find a man like me

When I die I want 5 poker players for my pall bearers
An ol’ whore to sing my funeral song
A red-hot band just playin’ out, yeah
Raisin’ hell as we roll along

Hey, you can carry my body down by the ocean
Come that ol’ cold, dark ‘n rainy day
You can lay my dead body by the ocean
And let the ocean wash my body away
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from Hard West, released January 1, 2005

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I'm a creekbank ghetto boy. Began my singin' near half a century ago in Canada, then hit northeast, down thru Nashville, Austin, out to Colorado and back to Kansas where I started out and will likely remain. My influences are Leadbelly, Jimmie Rodgers, CCR and The Band, while the juices of a hundred others flavor my music, not to mention the devil himself if that's what it takes to make a song... ... more

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