St. James Infirmary

E616809

song

"St. James Infirmary" is a classic American blues and jazz standard, often associated with a mournful, narrative style about loss and death.

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Label	Occurrences
St. James Infirmary canonical	2
St. James Infirmary Blues (recording)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	song ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Gambler’s Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ St. James Infirmary Blues NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithTradition	American folk music ⓘ New Orleans jazz ⓘ
basedOn	St. James Hospital NERFINISHED ⓘ The Unfortunate Lad NERFINISHED ⓘ The Unfortunate Rake NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalStatus	standard of the blues repertoire ⓘ standard of the jazz repertoire ⓘ
genre	blues ⓘ jazz ⓘ
hasForm	ballad ⓘ strophic form ⓘ
hasTheme	death ⓘ grief ⓘ loss ⓘ mourning ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
lyricMotif	funeral arrangements ⓘ gambling ⓘ
lyricPerspective	gambler ⓘ
lyricSetting	infirmary ⓘ
lyricSubject	dead lover ⓘ
mood	melancholic ⓘ somber ⓘ
narrativeStyle	first-person narration ⓘ
notableRecordingBy	Allen Toussaint NERFINISHED ⓘ Arlo Guthrie NERFINISHED ⓘ Blind Willie McTell NERFINISHED ⓘ Bobby Bland NERFINISHED ⓘ Cab Calloway NERFINISHED ⓘ Duke Ellington NERFINISHED ⓘ Hugh Laurie NERFINISHED ⓘ King Oliver NERFINISHED ⓘ Lou Rawls NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Armstrong NERFINISHED ⓘ The White Stripes NERFINISHED ⓘ
periodOfPopularization	1920s ⓘ 1930s ⓘ
subjectMatter	death of a lover ⓘ funeral customs ⓘ reflection on mortality ⓘ
tempo	slow ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Two Steps from the Blues → hasTrack → St. James Infirmary ⓘ

Cisco Houston → notableWork → St. James Infirmary ⓘ

Cab Calloway → notableWork → St. James Infirmary ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. James Infirmary Blues (recording)