Dave Van Ronk - St.James Infirmary

Dave Van Ronk - St.James Infirmary, Album: Your Basic Dave Van Ronk,1982
Dave Van Ronk (June 30, 1936 February 10, 2002) was a folk singer born in Brooklyn, New York, who settled in Greenwich Village, New York City, and was nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street."He was best known as an important figure in New York City during the acoustic folk revival of the 1960s, but his work ranged from old English ballads to Bertolt Brecht, rock, New Orleans jazz, and swing.

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• Blues
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• Village

[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......