I went down to St. James Infirmary I saw my baby lying there He was stretched out on the lawn waiting for me So sweet, so cold, so bare Hey
Let him go, let him go, God bless him Wherever he may be He can search this whole wide world over But he'll never find another one like me
When he died, I dressed him in straight-leg shoes A box back coat and a stetson hat Put a 20 dollar gold piece on his watch chain His woman doesn't know he died standing pat
Let him go, oh, Lord Wherever he may be I know if he searched this I know if he searched this whole wide world over He'll never find another one like me
No, no, no, no, no Oh, no, oh, no, no Not like me, no
Let him go Wherever he may be He can search this whole wide world over But he's never ever gonna find one like me
When he died, I dressed him in straight-leg shoes Box back coat and stetson hat I put a 20 dollar gold piece on his watch chain So all other boys don't know he died standing pat
Let him go, let him go, God bless him Wherever he may be You know he can search this whole wide world over But he's never ever gonna find another little girl like
No, he'll never find another little girl like No, he'll never find another little girl like No, he'll never find No, he'll never
No, no, he'll never, never find, find Never gonna find Never gonna, never gonna Never gonna, never gonna find
Never ever gonna find Never gonna find a girl like me, no Never gonna find a girl like me Never gonna find somebody like me, no