Cab Calloway - St. James Infirmary download song

This song was a little too hot for the censors and was banned from many radio stations in 1931, perhaps because it talks about death.   I hate censorship!!!  I found my Brunswick copy in 1992 and a much better one later on.  Cab sure made a name for himself at a very young age (he was only 23 when this song hit the charts)

Hand me another shot of dat BOoOooOoOOzzZe

Ghostemane->Betty Boop-> Ended here, Such a good song

I bet this dude always smelled good and his breath was always fresh just by looking at his pixtures

It gives me such a weird Feeling to see pictures of a guy whos music you actually like from young to old and that while hes he's coming from a whole other time like this was literally the damn 30s. I find this so fascinating. Rest inp peace cab.

49 people weren't handed another shot of that BOOOoooOoOoOoozzZe

This is his 2nd best version as wonderful as it is.  The best is embedded in Fleischer's "Snow White" with Betty Boop.  The vocal treatment is very similar but slower and more effective in the cartoon.  The visuals are also amazing.  This version does have fine solos.  Thanks for the upload.

0.75 on the lyrical part sounds just like the cartoon

betty boop brought me here haha

Folks, I'm goin' down to St. James Infirmary See my baby there; She's stretched out on a long, white table She's so sweet, so cold, so fair Let it go, let it go, god bless her Wherever she may be She can search this whole wide world over But she'll never find another sweet man like me When I die, bury me in my straight-leg britches Put on a box-back coat and a Stetson hat Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain So you can let all the boys know I died standing pat An' give me six crap shooting pall bearers Let a chorus girl sing me a song Put a red hot jazz band at the top of my head So we can raise Hallelujah as we go along Folks, now that you have heard my story Say, boy, hand me another shot of that booze; If anyone should ask you You just tell 'em I've got those St. James Infirmary blues

Who else came here from Betty Boop?

Regular speed, it sounds like regular singing. But slow it down to 0.75, and it sounds like he's mourning the loss of someone he loved

I went down to St James Infirmary Saw my baby there She was stretched out on a long white table So cold, so sweet, so sweet, so fair Let her go, let her go, God bless her Wherever she may be She can search this whole wide world over She won't ever find another man like me When I die, bury me in straight laced shoes, A box backed suit and a Stetson hat Put a 20 dollar gold piece on my watch chain; So the boys'll know I died standin' pa

We found him folks, the person with the best teeth in all of human history.

I imagine a clown singing this song for some reason.

His teeth are so damn perfect i could stare at it all day

I love Cab's rhythmic flexibility. Marvelous the way he drapes his vocal over the melody.