I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail
"I'm not in your town to stay", said a lady old and gray
To the warden of the penitentiary
"I'm not in your town to stay and I'll soon be on my way
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"
"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
That he wouldn't follow the footsteps of his dad
I have searched both far and wide and I feared that he had died
But at last I've found my baby here in jail"
"Oh warden, at last I've found my baby here in jail"
"It was just five years today when his daddy passed away
He was found beneath the snow, so cold and white
'Twas then I bowed to take his ring and his gold watch and his chain
Then the county laid his daddy in the grave"
"Yes, warden, the county laid his daddy in the grave"
"I will pawn you his watch, I will pawn you his chain
I will pawn you my diamond wedding ring
I will wash all your clothes, I will scrub all your floors
If that will get my baby out of jail"
"Yes, warden, if that will get my baby out of jail"
Then I heard the warden say to the lady old and gray
"I'll go bring your darling baby to your side"
Two iron gates swung wide apart, she held her darling to her heart
She kissed her baby boy and then she died
But smiling, she kissed her baby boy and then she died
"I'm not in your town to stay", said a lady old and gray
"I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"
"Yes, warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"
To the warden of the penitentiary
"I'm not in your town to stay and I'll soon be on my way
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"
"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
That he wouldn't follow the footsteps of his dad
I have searched both far and wide and I feared that he had died
But at last I've found my baby here in jail"
"Oh warden, at last I've found my baby here in jail"
"It was just five years today when his daddy passed away
He was found beneath the snow, so cold and white
'Twas then I bowed to take his ring and his gold watch and his chain
Then the county laid his daddy in the grave"
"Yes, warden, the county laid his daddy in the grave"
"I will pawn you his watch, I will pawn you his chain
I will pawn you my diamond wedding ring
I will wash all your clothes, I will scrub all your floors
If that will get my baby out of jail"
"Yes, warden, if that will get my baby out of jail"
Then I heard the warden say to the lady old and gray
"I'll go bring your darling baby to your side"
Two iron gates swung wide apart, she held her darling to her heart
She kissed her baby boy and then she died
But smiling, she kissed her baby boy and then she died
"I'm not in your town to stay", said a lady old and gray
"I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"
"Yes, warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"
Credits
Writer(s): Karl Davis
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