Saint James Infirmary-Cisco Houston/Woody Guthrie

[ti:Saint James Infirmary] [ar:Cisco Houston] [al:The Very Best Of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Saint James Infirmary - Cisco Houston/Woody Guthrie [00:06.11]It was down in old Joe's barroom [00:10.41] [00:12.17]On the corner by the square [00:15.95] [00:18.19]They drinks they were serving drunk as usual [00:22.10] [00:23.79]And the usual crowd was there [00:27.71] [00:32.44]On my left they stood Big Joe McKennedy [00:36.50] [00:38.15]And his eyes were bloodshot red [00:42.04] [00:43.85]And they look down crowd around him [00:48.12] [00:49.47]And these are the very words he said [00:53.40] [00:54.77]I was down to St James infirmary [00:59.12] [01:00.41]I saw my baby there [01:04.78] [01:06.02]She was stretched out on a long white table [01:10.51] [01:11.58]So cool so pair and fair [01:15.96] [01:22.84]Let her go let her go God bless her [01:27.28] [01:28.56]Wherever she may be [01:33.21] [01:34.00]She can search this wide world over [01:38.54] [01:39.06]And never find another man like me [01:43.64] [01:45.15]When I die please bury me in my high top Stetson hat [01:53.96] [01:55.69]Just put a twenty dollar gold piece on my watch chain [02:00.44] [02:01.03]So the gang'll know I'm standing pat [02:04.97] [02:06.84]I want six crapshooters for my pallbearers [02:10.73] [02:12.16]And chorus girl to sing me a song [02:15.87] [02:17.25]Put a jazz band on my hearse wagon [02:21.71] [02:22.54]Just raise hell as we stroll along [02:26.34] [02:28.08]Now that you have heared my story [02:31.56] [02:33.42]I'll take another shot of booze [02:37.66] [02:38.84]If anyone should happen to ask you [02:43.05] [02:44.79]Well I've got those gamblers' blues