St. James Infirmary

from Songs for My Friends by Frog Legs

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I went down
To the St. James Infirmary
I saw my baby there
She was stretched out
On a long white table
So sweet, so cold
So fair

Now there's seventeen
Coal-black horses
Tied to a rubber tire hack
And there's seven girls
Going up that mountain
Only six of them
Are coming back

Let her go,
Let her go, God bless her soul
Wherever she may be
She can search
This whole wide world over
But she'll never find
A sweet bass-playing man like me

When I die
Bury me in my straight-laced shoes
Black britches and a wide-top Stetson hat
Put a twenty dollar gold piece
On my watch chain
So the boys will know
That I died standing pat

I want six
Crap-shooting pallbearers
I want a chorus girl singing me
A pretty little song
I want a big old jazz band
On the back of my hack
So we can raise sweet Hallelujah
As we roll along

Now that you
Have heard my story
Go ahead, pour me another shot
Of that there booze
And if anyone here
Were to ask you
Tell 'em I got that St. James
Oh I got that St. James
Infirmary Blues

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from Songs for My Friends, released May 11, 2021
Nano Siegert-Wilkinson- Bass Guitar, Vocals

American Traditional

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Frog Legs Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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I make music about the things that I hate for the people that I love.

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