I feel so blue and heart-broken
I wanted my living for oh my baby
I wanna wait oh god and let me
I'm never to come back no more

I went down to the St. James Infirmary
Oh God and I heard my poor baby moan
Oh I feel so broken-hearted
Cause my baby baby baby
He used to be all my own
Used to be all mine
Oh I tried oh God knows
I tried so hard to keep from crying
Opened my heart and felt just like lead

Oh he was all I ever had to live for
And I wish that it could be me instead
Oh God why couldn't it be me instead
Oh never never never no, no no
Oh God help me

I went down to the St. James Infirmary
Oh God and I saw my poor baby there
Oh he was all stretched out
On a big long white table
So cold, so still and so bare
Oh let him go, oh let him go
Oh let that poor man go
And God let that man
Oh wherever he may be, oh wherever
Oh he can search this whole world over
Oh but he'll never never never ever
find a woman, oh God he'll never
find a woman who's half as good
Oh not even half as good as me
Oh never never never no no no no