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 him right and I prayed both day and night
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That he'd never follow the footsteps of his dad
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I have searched both far and wide and I feared that he had died
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Now at last I found my baby here in jail
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(Yes warden at last I found my baby here in jail)
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It was just five 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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Made a vow to keep his ring his golden watch and his chain
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But 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 you my watch I will pawn you my chain
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I will pawn you my golden diamond ring
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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)
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Then we heard the warden say to that lady old and gray
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I will bring your baby boy to your side
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Two big iron gates swung wide apart she held her darlin' to her heart
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She kissed her baby boy and then she died
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(Yes smiling in the arms of her darling boy she died)
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I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail
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| Claude King |
