I went down to St James Infirmary
Saw my baby there
She was stretched out on a long white table

So cold, so sweet, so sweet, so fair

Let her go, let her go, God bless her

Wherever she may be
She can search this whole wide world over
She won't ever find another man like me






When I die, bury me in straight laced shoes,
A box backed suit and a Stetson hat

Put a 20 dollar gold piece on my watch chain;
So the boys'll know I died standin' pat