I went down to the St James Infirmary
Saw my baby there
Stretched out on a long white table
So sweet...so cold...so fair
Let her go...let her go...God bless her
Wherever she may be
She can look this wide world over
But she'll never find a sweet man like me
When I die want you to dress me
in straight lace shoes
I wanna a boxback coat and a Stetson hat
Put a twenty dollar gold piece
on my watch chain
So the boys'll know that I died standing flat