a twenty-dollar gold piece

“Oh, when I die, please bury me
In my ten dollar Stetson hat;
Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain
So my friends’ll know I died standing pat.”

St. James Infirmary Blues, traditional American folksong, famously covered by Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, and many many more.

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