Tonart: E major•
Intro 1
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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 a 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
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This mornin' I'm just here
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to get my baby out of jail
I tried to raise my baby right,
I have prayed both day and night
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That he'd never follow
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the footsteps of his dad
I have searched both far and wide,
I had feared that he had died
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And at last I find my baby here in jail
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Yes, Warden, it's so good
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to find my baby here in jail
It's just five years today
since my husband passed away
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He was found beneath the snow
I made a vow to keep his ring,
his gold watch and his chain
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Yes, Lord, and the county
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laid my baby's papa in the ground
I will pawn you my watch,
I will pawn you my chain
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I will pawn you my gold diamond ring
I will wash all your clothes,
I will scrub all your clothes
C#m
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If that will get my baby out of jail
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I want my darling baby out of jail
Then I heard the warden say
to this lady old and brave
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I will bring your baby boy to your side
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 dear boy,
Outro 1
there she died
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