(Yes warden) 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 gray
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To the warden of the penitentiary
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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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(Yes warden) I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
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I tried to raise baby right and I prayed both day and night
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That he wouldn't follow the footsteps of his dad
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And I've searched both far and wide and I'd feared that he had died
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But at ast I found my baby here in jail
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(Yes warden) you know I want my baby out of jail
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I will pawn you my watch and I'll pawn you my chain
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I will pawn you my golden wedding band
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I will wash all your clothes and I'll scrub all your floors
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If that will get my baby out of jail
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(Yes warden) you know I want my baby out of jail
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Then I heard the warden say to the lady so old and gray
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I'll bring your darlin' boy to your side
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Then two big iron gates swung wide apart she held her darling to her heart
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In the arms of her boy boy she died
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(A smiling) in the arms of her dear boy there she died
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I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail
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| Porter Wagoner |
