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Saint James Infirmary

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Recorded live in Scotia's living room by Tomek Kruk

Teddy Jr. - guitar & vocals
Scotia Gilroy - accordion & vocals
Kuba Duda - electric guitar
Paolo Cavalaglio - violin
Łukasz PIetrzak - harmonica

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I went down to the Saint James Infirmary
I saw my sweet baby there
he was stretched out on a long white table
so cold, so pale and fair

Let him go let him go, God bless him
wherever he may be
he may wander this wide world over
but never find another sweet one like me

Now when I die please bury me
in my high-top stetson hat
just put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain
so the boys'll know I died standin' pat

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

Roll out your rubber-tired carriage
roll out your old-time hat
twelve men are going to the graveyard
and eleven are coming back

I went down to the Saint James Infirmary
I saw my sweet baby there
he was stretched out on a long white table
so cold, so pale and fair

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from The Silver Owls, released September 15, 2014
Music & lyrics: American traditional

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The Silver Owls are a group of international musicians in Krakow, Poland, playing retro-cowboy and old-time American music.

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