Video St James Infirmary Headless Emcee de Alec K Redfearn 2025 Lyrics Lyrics

Alec K Redfearn - St James Infirmary Headless Emcee Lyrics

It was down in Old Joe's barroom
At the corner by the square
The drinks they were served as usual
And the goodly crowd was there

On my left stood ol’ Joe McKennedy
His eyes bloodshot and red
Gather 'round me all you sinners
I'll tell you what old Joe said

"As I passed by old St. James Infirmary
I saw my baby there
Stretched out on a long marble table
So cold, so sweet, so fair"

Sixteen coal black horses
Hitched to a rubber-tired hack
Took seven girls to the graveyard
Only six of them are coming back

Let her go, let her go
God bless her, wherever she may be
She can search this whole wide, wide world over
But she’ll never find a friend like me

Now, when I die
Bury me in straight-laced shoes
In a high-top Stetson hat
Place a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain
So the boys will know that I died standing flat
So now that you heard my story
Now that you've heard my song
If anyone should happen to ask you

Just tell 'em I was here and I'm gone
Just tell 'em I was here and I'm gone
Just tell 'em I was here and I'm gone