I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail Lyrics - Unknown

1 "I'm not in your town to stay"

2 said a lady old and gray

3 to the warden of the penitentiary

4 "I'm not in your town to stay

5 And I'll soon be on my way

6 I'm just here to get my baby out of jail

7 Oh warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"

8 "I tried to raise my baby right

9 I have prayed both day and night

10 That he wouldn't follow footsteps of his dad

11 I have searched both far and wide

12 And I feared that he had died

13 But at last I've found my baby here in jail

14 Oh warden, at last I've found my baby here in jail"

15 "It was just five years today

16 When his daddy passed away

17 He was found beneath the snow so cold and white

18 T’was then I bowed to take his ring

19 And his gold watch and his chain

20 Then the county laid his daddy in the grave

21 Yes warden, the county laid his daddy in the grave"

22 "I will pawn you his watch

23 I will pawn you his chain

24 I will pawn you my diamond wedding ring

25 I will wash all your clothes

26 I will scrub all your floors

27 If that will get my baby out of jail

28 Yes warden, if that will get my baby out of jail"

29 Then I heard the warden say

30 to the lady old and gray

31 "I'll go bring your darling baby to your side"

32 Two iron gates swung wide apart

33 She held her darling to her heart

34 She kissed her baby boy and then she died

35 But smiling, she kissed her baby boy and then she died

36 "I'm not in your town to stay"

37 said a lady old and gray

38 "I'm just here to get my baby out of jail

39 Yes warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"