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I'm not in your town to stay
 
Said a lady old and grey
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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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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
     
 
I tried to raise my baby right
 
I have prayed both day and night
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That he wouldn't follow the footsteps of his dad
 
I have searched both far and wide
 
And I feared that he had died
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But at last I found my baby here in jail
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Oh warden  at last I found my baby here in jail
 
 
It was just five years today
 
When his daddy passed away
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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
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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
 
 
I will pawn you his watch
 
I will pawn you his chain
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I will pawn you my diamond wedding ring
 
I will wash all your clothes
 
I will scrub all your floors
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If that will get my baby out of jail  
    F          G7                           C
Yes Warden  if that will get my baby out of jail
 
 
Then I heard the warden say
 
To the lady old and grey
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I'll go bring your darling baby to your side
 
Two iron gates swang 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  she kissed her baby boy and then she died
 
 
I'm not in your town to stay
 
Said a lady old and grey
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I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
    F           G7                              C
Yes warden  I'm just here to get my baby out of jail