Dave Van Ronk - St.James Infirmary

[orektiko]

i tried to sing this song one night , drunk after my girlfriend had dumped me ...i failed ..

[lu4y4pants]

I like how the song is sung like in a drunken stupor. It actually makes the song even sadder.

[HectorProtectorv]

roll out a rubber, tired, rubber tired carriage roll out your old time hat theres 12 man going to the graveyard and 11 coming back let her go, let her go god bless. where ever she may be she may search this wide over never find a sweet man like me now that i told my story i gonna take another shot of booz and if anybody should happen to ask, i`ve got that gamblers blues

[HectorProtectorv]

let her go, let her go, god bless her where ever she may be she may search this wide world over never find a sweet man like me when i die please burry me in my high top statson hat put a 20 dollar gold piece on my watch chain god will know i died standing pat i want six crap shooters for pole bearer chorus gonna sing me a song put a jazz band on my hurse wagon raise hell as i stroll along

[HectorProtectorv]

this should be the lyriks, excuse mistakes for i am austrian... it was down in old joes barroom on the corner by the square they were serving drinks as usual the usual crowd was there on my left stood big joe mcKennedy his eyes bloodshot red turned to the crowd around him these are the very words he said i went down to that st. james infirmary saw my baby there stretched out on a long white table so sweet so cold so fair

[avivagabriel]

Van Ronk's version wrings me out, wrings me dry. This is beyond....words. Jesus.

[johnnyribcage]

Man I love some Van Ronk. Just picked up a NM copy of Sunday Street the other day - fantastic, man.

[MegaVancea]

No dislikes. Fuck yea, 1 fer the people. and all fer DVR

[mrblues1147]

So Good blues man! Start listing to him about 40 years ago!  Great blues man.

[AndrehFelipe]

oh man, oh man, the blues, the blues......

[dell177]

He was just so God damned good - RIP

[GriffonKeeper]

He was great! You can't beat that performance with a stick.

[TheOldcurt]

most of his music is great

[TimothyPinecone]

Oh so, so lovely. I posted the '59 recording Van Ronk did of this as well. It's neat to compare the two.

[rjmendera]

why is this man not world wide famous??? damn this good!! THANK YOU RJM

[sheilapatrick1]

@rjmendera he didnt really want to

[soundslikescience]

@rjmendera Unfortunately, he has passed away. But his place in music is unique and unquestionable. You draw a line from Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan (arguably the best 2 songwriters still living) and you get back to the village and find Dave Van Ronk who influenced them both - you can hear his fingerstyle guitar for one thing. Follow that line back and you go straight to the heart of the country blues - e.g. Blind Willie McTell and the rest. He may be gone (RIP) but he's still with us...

[KatzenImNebel]

Love the song and his voice!

[tanDlegen]

Great! Thanks!

[pocsolya2]

Thank you!

[vdusan17]

Ne postoji bolje izvodjenje ove pesme.

nemam reci.

hvala za upload.

[mfb25890]

Thanks a bunch - I'd been searching for Van Ronk's version for a while. It's a spectacular rendition - his growl is wild and devastating.