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I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail
Norah JonesBillie & Joe Armstrong
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I'm not in your town to stay, said the lady old and grey, to the warden of the penetantiary.
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 footsteps of his dad.
I have searched both far and wide and I feared that he had died, but at last I found my baby here in jail.
Oh warden, at last I found my baby here in jail.
It was just five years today, that his daddy passed away.
He was found beneath the snow so cold and white.
Twas then I bowed to take his ring, 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 will 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 grey
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
Yes warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
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