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"I'm not in your town to stay,"Said a lady old & grayTo the warden of the penitentiary"I'm not in your town to stayAnd I'll soon be on my wayI'm just here to get my baby out of jailOh warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail""I tried to raise my baby rightI have prayed both day & nightThat he wouldn't follow the footsteps of his dadI have searched both far & wide& I feared that he had diedBut at last I've found my baby here in jailOh warden, at last I've found my baby here in jail""It was just 5 years todayWhen his daddy passed awayHe was found beneath the snow so cold & white'Twas then I vowed to take his ringAnd his gold watch & his chainAnd the county laid his daddy in the graveYes warden, the county laid his daddy in the grave""I will pawn you his watchI will pawn you his chainLetras de cancionesI will pawn you my diamond wedding ringI will wash all your clothesI will scrub all your floorsIf that will get my baby out of jailYes warden, if that will get my baby out of jail"Then I heard the warden sayTo the lady old & gray:"I'll go bring your darlin' baby to your side"Two iron gates swang wide apartShe held her darlin' to her heartShe kissed her baby boy & then she diedBut smiling, she kissed her baby boy & then she died"I'm not in your town to stay,"Said a lady old & gray"I'm just here to get my baby out of jailYes warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail" From Letras Mania