{"id":143,"date":"2014-07-22T20:16:02","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T20:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefallssociety.com\/?p=143"},"modified":"2015-08-22T16:47:13","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T16:47:13","slug":"st-james-infirmary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thefallssociety.com\/?p=143","title":{"rendered":"St. James Infirmary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cab Calloway St. James Infirmary by Fleischer\" width=\"770\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DBk3jwNSteo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>St. James Infirmary Blues is a haunting old standard. This adaptation, performed by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cab_Calloway\">Cab Calloway<\/a>, is featured in the Betty Boop\u00a0short <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Snow_White_%281933_film%29\"><em>Snow White<\/em><\/a> (1933) and is one of the most beautiful pieces of animated song this Falls Society Member has had the chance to experience.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The film is in the public domain and <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/bb_snow_white\">available for your viewing pleasure.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Calloway&#8217;s dance, as Koko the Clown (Oh god, a clown! For the love of all things good don&#8217;t eat me!), is a rotoscope animation by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0186276\/\">Roland Crandall <\/a>(<a href=\"http:\/\/popeyeanimators.blogspot.com\/2007\/12\/roland-doc-crandall-part-1.html\">also known for his work on the Popeye cartoon<\/a>), unsurpassed in its lifelike, yet terrifying, grace.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefallssociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/St-James_11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-244\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefallssociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/St-James_11.jpg\" alt=\"_St-James_1\" width=\"615\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefallssociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/St-James_11.jpg 615w, http:\/\/www.thefallssociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/St-James_11-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Folks, I&#8217;m goin&#8217; down to St. James Infirmary,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> See my baby there; <\/em><br \/>\n<em> She&#8217;s stretched out on a long, white table, <\/em><br \/>\n<em> So sweet, so cold, so fair.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefallssociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/St-James_2.jpg\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-245 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefallssociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/St-James_2.jpg\" alt=\"St-James_2\" width=\"615\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefallssociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/St-James_2.jpg 615w, http:\/\/www.thefallssociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/St-James_2-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Let it go, let it go, God bless her,<br \/>\n<em><em><em> Wherever she may be,<br \/>\nShe can search this whole wide world over,<br \/>\nBut she&#8217;ll never find another sweet man like me.<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefallssociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/St-James_3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-246 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefallssociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/St-James_3.jpg\" alt=\"St-James_3\" width=\"615\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefallssociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/St-James_3.jpg 615w, http:\/\/www.thefallssociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/St-James_3-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>When I die, bury me in my straight-leg britches,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Put on a box-back coat and a Stetson hat, <\/em><br \/>\n<em> Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain, <\/em><br \/>\n<em> So you can let all the boys know I died standing pat.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefallssociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/St-James_4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-247 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefallssociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/St-James_4.jpg\" alt=\"St-James_4\" width=\"615\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefallssociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/St-James_4.jpg 615w, http:\/\/www.thefallssociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/St-James_4-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>An&#8217; give me six crap shooting pall bearers,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Let a chorus girl sing me a song.<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Put a red hot jazz band at the top of my head<\/em><br \/>\n<em> So we can raise Hallelujah as we go along.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefallssociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/St-James_5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-248 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefallssociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/St-James_5.jpg\" alt=\"St-James_5\" width=\"615\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thefallssociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/St-James_5.jpg 615w, http:\/\/www.thefallssociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/St-James_5-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Folks, now that you have heard my story,<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Say, boy, hand me another shot of that booze; <\/em><br \/>\n<em> If anyone should ask you, <\/em><br \/>\n<em> You just tell &#8217;em I&#8217;ve got those St. James Infirmary blues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">&nbsp; St. James Infirmary Blues is a haunting old standard. 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