I'm not in your town to stay said a lady old and gray
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To the warden of a 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 you know I want my baby out of jail
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I've tried to raise baby right I prayed both day and night
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That he'd never follow footsteps of his dad
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I have searched both far and wide I had feared that he had died
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So it's good to find my baby here in jail
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Yes warden I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
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It's been ten long years today since my husband passed away
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He was found beneath the snow so cold and white
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I made a vow to keep his chain his gold watch and diamond ring
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Oh the county laid my husband in the ground
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Yes warden the county laid my husband in the ground
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I will pawn to you his watch I will pawn to you his chain
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I will pawn to you my husband's diamond ring
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I will wash all your clothes or I'll scrub all your floors
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If that would 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 we heard the warden say to this lady so old and gray
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I will bring your darling boy to your side
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Two iron gates swung 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 in the arms of her baby boy she died
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I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail
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| Stonewall Jackson |
