"I'm not in your town to stay,"
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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
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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"
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"I tried to raise my baby right
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I have prayed both day and night
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That he wouldn't follow footsteps of his dad
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I have searched both far and wide
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And I feared that he had died
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But at last I've found my baby here in jail
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Oh warden, at last I've found my baby here in jail"
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"It was just five years today
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When his daddy passed away
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He was found beneath the snow so cold and white
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T¡¯was then I bowed to take his ring
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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"
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"I will pawn you his watch
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I will pawn you his chain
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I will pawn you my diamond wedding ring
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I will wash all your clothes
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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"
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Then I heard the warden say
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to the lady old and gray:
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"I'll go bring your darling baby to your side"
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Two iron gates swung wide apart
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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
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"I'm not in your town to stay,"
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said a lady old and gray
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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'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail
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Norah Jones |