Went Down To St. James Infirmary Songtext / Lyric

I went down to St. James Infirmary

I saw my baby lying there

He was stretched out on the lawn waiting for me

So sweet, so cold, so bare

Hey



Let him go, let him go, God bless him

Wherever he may be

He can search this whole wide world over

But he'll never find another one like me



When he died, I dressed him in straight-leg shoes

A box back coat and a stetson hat

Put a 20 dollar gold piece on his watch chain

His woman doesn't know he died standing pat



Let him go, oh, Lord

Wherever he may be

I know if he searched this

I know if he searched this whole wide world over

He'll never find another one like me






No, no, no, no, no

Oh, no, oh, no, no

Not like me, no



Let him go

Wherever he may be

He can search this whole wide world over

But he's never ever gonna find one like me



When he died, I dressed him in straight-leg shoes

Box back coat and stetson hat

I put a 20 dollar gold piece on his watch chain

So all other boys don't know he died standing pat



Let him go, let him go, God bless him

Wherever he may be

You know he can search this whole wide world over

But he's never ever gonna find another little girl like



No, he'll never find another little girl like

No, he'll never find another little girl like

No, he'll never find

No, he'll never



No, no, he'll never, never find, find

Never gonna find

Never gonna, never gonna

Never gonna, never gonna find



Never ever gonna find

Never gonna find a girl like me, no

Never gonna find a girl like me

Never gonna find somebody like me, no