St. James Infirmary

This is a blog about one song-- "St. James Infirmary." It started after the writer received an overwhelming response to this excellent essay, which traces the famous New Orleans song, allegedly written in the 1920s, all the way back to its roots in Ireland. There are 104 versions of the song on the iTunes music store. Here is an itunes link to Arlo Guthrie doing the key lyrics.

I found the blog on Alex Ross's excellent site.