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"I'm not in your town to stay,"“ |
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Said a lady old and gray |
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To the warden of the penitentiary |
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"I'm not in your town to stay“ |
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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, |
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I'm just here to get my baby out of jail" |
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"I tried to raise my baby right“ |
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I have prayed both day and night |
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That he wouldn't follow the footsteps of his dad |
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I have searched both far and wide |
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And I feared that he had died |
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But at last I've found my baby here in jail |
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Oh warden, |
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At last I've found my baby here in jail" |
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|
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"It was just five years today“ |
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When his daddy passed away |
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He was found beneath the snow so cold and white |
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It was then I bowed to take his ring |
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And his gold watch and his chain |
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When the county laid his daddy in the grave |
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Yes warden, |
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The county laid his daddy in the grave" |
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|
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"I will pawn you his watch“ |
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I will pawn you his chain |
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I will pawn you my diamond wedding ring |
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I will wash all your clothes |
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I will wash all your floors |
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If that will get my baby out of jail |
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Yes warden, |
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If that will get my baby out of jail" |
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|
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Then I heard the warden say |
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To the lady old and gray: |
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"I'll go bring your darling baby to your side"“ |
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Two iron gates swung wide apart |
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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, |
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She kissed her baby boy and then she died |
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|
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"I'm not in your town to stay,"“ |
| [03:41.48] |
Said a lady old and gray |
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"I'm just here to get my baby out of jail“ |
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Yes warden, |
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I'm just here to get my baby out of jail" |