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St. James Infirmary

from The Republic (LP) by Lonely Oak

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Old folk/blues song of unknown provenance. Recorded by Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, and various others. Here it's combined with a snippet of "Motherless Child," another old blues standard.

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Folks, I'm goin' down to St. James Infirmary
See my baby there;
She's stretched out on a long, white table
She's so beautiful, so cold, so fair

Let her go, let her go, oh bless her
Wherever she may be
She will search this wide world over
But she'll never find another sweet man like me

Now, when I die, bury me in my straight-leg britches
Put on a box-back coat and a Stetson hat
Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain
So you can let all the boys know I died standing pat

Give me six craps-shooting pallbearers
Let a chorus girl sing me a song
Put a red hot jazz band at the top of my head
So we can raise Hallelujah as we go along

Folks, now that you have heard my story
Say, boy, hand me over another shot of that hooch;
If anyone should ask you
You just tell 'em I've got those St. James Infirmary blues

Sometimes I feel
Sometimes I feel
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
A long way from home

Sometimes I feel
Sometimes I feel
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost done
And a long way from home

True believer
True believer
True believer
And a long way from home

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from The Republic (LP), track released December 4, 2021

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Based in New Hampshire, USA, Mark Reimer composes and performs original music under the name Lonely Oak in the spirit of American blues, country, and gospel ancestors. Descended from Okies and Arkies (look it up), he was an ordained minister in his 20s and has been a traveler ever since. ... more

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