The Everly Brothers - I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail lyrics

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I'm not in your town to stay<br />

Said a lady old and gray<br />

To the warden of the penitentiary<br />

<br />

I'm not in your town to stay<br />

And I'll soon be on my way<br />

I'm just here to get<br />

My baby out of jail<br />

Oh, warden, I'm just here<br />

To get my baby out of jail<br />

<br />

I tried to raise my baby right<br />

I have prayed both day and night<br />

That he wouldn't follow<br />

The footsteps of his dad<br />

<br />

I have searched both far and wide<br />

And I feared that he had died<br />

But at last I've found<br />

My baby here in jail<br />

Oh, warden, at last<br />

I've found my baby here in jail<br />

<br />

It was just five years today<br />

When his daddy passed away<br />

He was found beneath<br />

The snow, so cold and white<br />

<br />

Twas then I vowed to take his ring<br />

And his gold watch and his chain<br />

Then the county laid his daddy in the grave<br />

Yes, warden, the county laid<br />

His daddy in the grave<br />

<br />

I will pawn you his watch<br />

I will pawn you his chain<br />

I will pawn you my<br />

Diamond wedding ring<br />

<br />

I will wash all your clothes<br />

I will scrub all your floors<br />

If that will get my baby out of jail<br />

Yes, warden, if that will<br />

Get my baby out of jail<br />

<br />

Then I heard the warden say<br />

To the lady old and gray<br />

I'll go bring your<br />

Darling baby to your side<br />

<br />

Two iron gates swang wide apart<br />

She held her darling to her heart<br />

She kissed her baby boy and then she died<br />

But smiling, she kissed her baby boy<br />

And then she died<br />

<br />

I'm not in your town to stay<br />

Said a lady old and gray<br />

I'm just here to get my baby out of jail<br />

Yes, warden, I'm just here<br />

To get my baby out of jail