In the library:
“There’s an interlibrary loan book for me, I Went Down to St. James Infirmary .”
And the librarian (whom I know) was baffled. She thought I was reporting that I had gone down to St. James Infirmary. She didn’t know the song title and thought that I was making, in a weird way, conversation.
The book, by Robert W. Harwood, investigates the origins and subsequent history of the song. The book is now in a fourth edition. I have the third (2022).
Friday, September 18, 2026
Title case
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Michael Leddy
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