The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #41868   Message #608084
Posted By: ddw
11-Dec-01 - 07:58 PM
Thread Name: Best BLUES lines
Subject: RE: Best BLUES lines
kj,

I don't think you'll ever pin down who wrote St. James Infirmary. It's just a varient of The Unfortunate Rake and Streets of Loredo with the scene shifted to a Greenville, S.C. VD clinic. Somebody might copyright an arrangement, but I think the song is basically trad.

cheers,

david