Tonart: Eb major
Verse 1
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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
I'm not in your town to stay and
I'll soon be on my way
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Eb
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
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Ab
Bb
Oh, warden, I'm just here
to get my baby out of jail
Eb
Verse 2
I tried to raise my baby right,
I have prayed both day and night
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That he'd wouldn't follow
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the footsteps of his dad
I have searched both far and wide,
and I feared that he had died
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Eb
But at last I found my baby here in jail
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Ab
Oh, warden,
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at last I found my baby here in jail
Verse 3
Eb
It was just five years today,
when his daddy passed away
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He was found beneath the
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snow so cold and white
Twas then I vowed to take his ring,
and his gold watch and his chain
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When the county laid his
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Ab
Yes, warden,
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the county laid his daddy in the grave
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Verse 4
I will pawn you his watch,
I will pawn you his chain
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Eb
I will pawn you my diamond wedding ring
I will wash all your clothes,
I will scrub all your floors
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Eb
If that will get my baby out of jail
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if that will get my baby out of jail
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Verse 5
Then I heard the warden say
to the lady old and gray
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I'll go bring your darling
Two iron gates swing wide apart,
she held her darling to her heart
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Eb
She kissed her baby boy and then she died
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she kissed her baby boy and then she died
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Verse 6
I'm not in your town to stay
said a lady old and gray
Bb
Eb
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
Ab
Bb
Yes, warden, I'm just here
to get my baby out of jail
Eb
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