I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail

	  		


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"I'm not in your town to stay," 
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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 
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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 get my baby out of jail" 

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"I tried to raise my baby right 
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I have prayed both day and night 
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That he wouldn't follow footsteps of his dad 
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I have searched both far and wide 
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And 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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Oh warden, at last I've found my baby here in jail" 

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"It was just five years today 
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When his daddy passed away 
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He was found beneath the snow so cold and white 
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T’was then I bowed to take his ring 
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And his gold watch and his chain 
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Then the county laid his daddy in the grave 
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Yes warden, the county laid his daddy in the grave" 

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"I will pawn you his watch 
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I will pawn you his chain 
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I will pawn you my diamond wedding ring 
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I will wash all your clothes 
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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 I heard the warden say 
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to the lady old and gray: 
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"I'll go bring your darling baby to your side" 
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Two iron gates swung wide apart 
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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, she kissed her baby boy and then she died 

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"I'm not in your town to stay," 
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said a lady old and gray 
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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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