from: What's Wrong With This Picture? (2003)

In lesser hands, there'd not be much point covering a century-old blues song that's been done capably so many times previous, but he does it as a Harlem Nocturne-Pink Panther Nawlins Funeral And Ghosts In The House thing and puts the Van stamp on it. Great horns.



I went down to Saint James Infirmary
For to see, for to see my baby there
Man, she was laid out on a long white table
She was so cold, and so cool, and so fair

Let her go, let her go, God bless her
Wherever she might be
Lord, you can search this whole wide world over
But she ain't never going to find another lover man like me

When I die, I want you to dress me in straight lace shoes
I want a box back coat and a stetson hat
I want a 20 dollar gold piece on my watch chain
So everybody goin' to know that I died standing pat

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(and this is pretty cool -- Real Player file of 1929 recording by George Lee Orchestra: http://www.umkc.edu/orgs/local627/music/ )

Choice.

very nice, i like this a lot.