I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail

歌詞

"I'm not in your town to stay, " said a lady old and gray to the warden of the penitentiary "I'm not in your town to stay And I'll soon be on my way I'm just here to get my baby out of jail Oh warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail" "I tried to raise my baby right I have prayed both day and night That he wouldn't follow the footsteps of his dad I have searched both far and wide And I feared that he had died But at last I've found my baby here in jail Oh warden, At last I've found my baby here in jail" "It was just five years today When his daddy passed away He was found beneath the snow so cold and white T'was then I bowed to take his ring And his gold watch and his chain Then the county laid his daddy in the grave Yes warden, The county laid his daddy in the grave" "I will pawn you his watch I will pawn you his chain I will pawn you my diamond wedding ring I will wash all your clothes I will scrub all your floors If that will get my baby out of jail Yes warden, If that will get my baby out of jail" Then I heard the warden say to the lady old and gray: "I'll go bring your darling baby to your side" Two iron gates swung wide apart She held her darling to her heart She kissed her baby boy and then she died But smiling, She kissed her baby boy and then she died "I'm not in your town to stay, " said a lady old and gray "I'm just here to get my baby out of jail Yes warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"