Biography:
Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was a jazz singer, bandleader, composer and actor. He was strongly associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City, where he was a regular performer.
Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular big bands, Cab Calloway and his Orchestra, from the start of the 1930s through to the late 1940s. Calloway's band featured performers including trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Doc Cheatham
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Four years of hard work!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Dm
1 3 ×× A7
1 × Bb7
3 ×
4/4 Slow Blues.
[Instrumental Intro]
Dm A7 Dm (x2)
[Trumpet Solo]
Dm A7 Dm Dm Bb7 A7 Dm A7 Dm Bb7 A7 Dm (x2)
[Vocal Intro]
Dm A7 Dm (x2)
[Verse 1]
Dm A7 Dm
I went down to St James Infirmary
Dm Bb7 A7
Saw my baby there
Dm A7 Dm
She was stretched out on a long white table
Bb7 A7 Dm
So cold so sweet so fair
[Verse 2]
Dm A7 Dm
Let her go let her go God bless her
Dm Bb7 A7
Wherever she may be
Dm A7 Dm
She can look this wide world over
Bb7 A7 Dm
But she'll never find a sweet man like me
[Verse 3]
Dm A7 Dm
When I die bury me in strait laced shoes
Dm Bb7 A7
I want a Boxback coat and a Stetson hat
Dm A7 Dm
Put a twenty dollar gold piece on my watch chain
Bb7 A7 Dm
So the boys will know that I died standin' pat
[Instrumental Outro]
Dm A7 Dm (x2)
[Trumpet Solo]
Dm A7 Dm Dm Bb7 A7 Dm A7 Dm
