St James Infirmary Blues -
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Oh coco!
Verse 1:
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Well Folks, I'm goin' down to St. James Infirmary, to see my baby there
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She's stretched out on a long, white table, looks so good, so cold, so fair.
Verse 2:
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Let her go, let her go, god bless her, wherever she may be,
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She will search this wide world over, but she'll never find another sweet man like me.
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Verse 3:
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Take apart your bones and put 'em back together, tell your mama that you're somebody new
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Feel the breeze blowin tell em all 'look out here it comes' now I can say whatever I feel like to you
Verse 4:
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Then give me 6 crap-shootin' pallbearers, let a chorus girl sing me a song
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Put a red-hot jazz band, we raise Hallelujah as we go along
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Verse 5:
G C. G.
Folks, now that you have heard my story, say boy, hand me another shot of that rye;
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If anyone should ask you, tell 'em I've got those St. James Infirmary blues.