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Verse 1
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"I'm not
in your town to stay,"
Said a lady old & gray
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To the warden of the penitentiary
"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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Oh warden, I'm just here to
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get my baby out of jail"
Verse 2
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"I tried to raise my baby right
I have prayed both day & night
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That he wouldn't follow
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the footsteps of his dad
I have searched both far & wide
& 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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at last I've found my baby here in jail"
Verse 3
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"It was just 5 years today
When his daddy passed away
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He was found beneath the
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snow so cold & white
'Twas then I vowed
to take his ring
And his gold watch & his chain
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And the county laid his daddy in the grave
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Yes warden, the county laid his daddy in the
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grave"
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Verse 4
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"I will pawn you his watch
I will pawn you his chain
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I will pawn you my diamond wedding ring
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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if that will get my baby out of jail"
Verse 5
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Then I heard the warden say
To the lady old & gray:
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"I'll go bring your darlin'
Two iron gates swang wide apart
She held her darlin' to her heart
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She kissed her baby boy & then she died
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But smiling, she kissed her baby
boy & then she died
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"I'm not in your town to stay," Said
Verse 6
a lady old & gray
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"I'm just here to get my baby out
of jail
Yes warden, I'm
just here to get my baby out of jail"
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