St. James Infirmary

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"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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Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gambler’s Blues ⓘ
St. James Infirmary Blues ⓘ
linked to: St. James Infirmary
associatedWithTradition American folk music ⓘ
New Orleans jazz ⓘ
basedOn St. James Hospital ⓘ
The Unfortunate Lad ⓘ
The Unfortunate Rake ⓘ
countryOfOrigin 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 ⓘ
Arlo Guthrie ⓘ
Blind Willie McTell ⓘ
Bobby Bland ⓘ
Cab Calloway ⓘ
Duke Ellington ⓘ
Hugh Laurie ⓘ
King Oliver ⓘ
Lou Rawls ⓘ
Louis Armstrong ⓘ
The White Stripes ⓘ
periodOfPopularization 1920s ⓘ
1930s ⓘ
subjectMatter death of a lover ⓘ
funeral customs ⓘ
reflection on mortality ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ

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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 Blues (recording) ⓘ
linked to: St. James Infirmary
I Stand Alone → hasTrack → The St. James Infirmary ⓘ
subject linked to: album "I Stand Alone"
linked to: St. James Infirmary
St. James Infirmary → alsoKnownAs → St. James Infirmary Blues ⓘ
linked to: St. James Infirmary
Cab Calloway Orchestra → notableSong → St. James Infirmary Blues ⓘ
linked to: St. James Infirmary
Henry "Red" Allen → notableSong → St. James Infirmary ⓘ