Gamblers Blues St James Infirmary

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It was down at old Joe's bar room
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At the corner      by the square
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They were serving drinks as usual
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And the usual         crowd was there

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On my left stood big Joe MacKennedy
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His eyes were bloodshot     red
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And as he turned to the crowd around him
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These were the very words he said.

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I went down to St. James Infirmary
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     I saw my baby          there
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Stretched out on a long, white table
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So young, so   cold, so fair

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     Seventeen coal-black horses
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Hitched to a rubber-tied hack
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Seven girls goin' to the graveyard
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Only six of them are coming back


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Let her go. Let her go, God bless her
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   Wherever she may     be
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She may search this wide world over
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And never find another man like me


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        When I die just bury me
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      In my high-top Stetson hat
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Place a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain
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My gang will know I died standing pat

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I want six crap-shooters for my pallbearers
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A chorus girl to sing me a   song
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Put a jazz band on my hearse wagon
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To raise hell as we roll along


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Let her go. Let her go, God bless her
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   Wherever she may     be
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She may search this wide world over
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And never find sweet man like me

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     Now that you've heard my story
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      I'll take another shot of       booze
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       And if anyone here should ask you
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    I've got the gambler's blues

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Let her go. Let her go, God bless her
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   Wherever she may     be
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She may search this wide world over
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And never find sweet man like me