I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail

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I'm not in your town to stay

Said a lady old and grey
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To the warden of the penitentiary

I'm not in your town to stay

And I'll soon be on my way
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I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
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Oh warden   I'm just here to get my baby out of jail


I tried to raise my baby right

I have prayed both day and night
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That he wouldn't follow the footsteps of his dad

I have searched both far and wide

And I feared that he had died
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But at last I found my baby here in jail
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Oh warden  at last I found my baby here in jail


It was just five years today

When his daddy passed away
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He was found beneath the snow so cold and white

Twas then I vowed to take his ring

And his gold watch and his chain
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Then the county laid his daddy in the grave
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Yes warden  the county laid his daddy in the grave


I will pawn you his watch

I will pawn you his chain
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I will pawn you my diamond wedding ring

I will wash all your clothes

I will scrub all your floors
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If that will get my baby out of jail
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Yes Warden  if that will get my baby out of jail


Then I heard the warden say

To the lady old and grey
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I'll go bring your darling baby to your side

Two iron gates swang wide apart

She held her darling to her heart
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She kissed her baby boy and then she died
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But smiling  she kissed her baby boy and then she died


I'm not in your town to stay

Said a lady old and grey
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I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
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Yes warden  I'm just here to get my baby out of jail