Everly Brothers - I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail Lyrics
"I'm not in your town to stay,"said a lady old and 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 and nightThat he wouldn't follow the footsteps of his dadI have searched both far and wideAnd 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 five years todayWhen his daddy passed awayHe was found beneath the snow so cold and whiteT’was then I bowed to take his ringAnd his gold watch and his chainThen 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 chainI 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 and gray:"I'll go bring your darling baby to your side"Two iron gates swung wide apartShe held her darling to her heartShe kissed her baby boy and then she diedBut smiling,She kissed her baby boy and then she died"I'm not in your town to stay,"said a lady old and gray"I'm just here to get my baby out of jailYes warden,I'm just here to get my baby out of jail"
