I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail

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

Twas then I vowed 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 swang 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..