I went down to st james infirmary
To see my baby there
She was stretched out on a cold white table
So sweet...so lean...and so fair

Let her go...let her go...god bless her
Wherever she may be
She can search the whole wide world
But she´ll never find another man like me

When I die you can bury me in plain lace shoes
Stetson with a twenty dollar hat
And put a thirty dollar gold piece on my watch chain
And let the fellas know that I died standing pat

I went down to st james infirmary
And I stole my baby back
She was stretched out on a long white table
So sweet...so cold...and so fair