I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail-Claude King

[ti:I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail] [ar:Claude King] [al:Confectioner's] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.61]I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail - Claude King [00:04.70]Written by：R. Carter [00:06.30] [00:11.80]I'm not in your town to stay said a lady old and gray [00:17.51]To the warden of the penitentiary [00:22.27] [00:23.23]I'm not in your town to stay and I'll soon be on my way [00:28.95]I'm just here to get my baby out of jail [00:34.08] [00:34.83]Yes warden I'm just here to get my baby out of jail [00:42.57] [00:43.22]I tried to raise him right and I prayed both day and night [00:48.95]That he'd never follow the footsteps of his dad [00:54.18] [00:54.69]I have searched both far and wide and I feared that he had died [01:00.29]Now at last I found my baby here in jail [01:05.47] [01:06.16]Yes warden at last I found my baby here in jail [01:14.19] [01:14.75]It was just five years today since my husband passed away [01:20.31]He was found beneath the snow so cold and white [01:25.36] [01:26.17]Made a vow to keep his ring his golden watch and his chain [01:31.09] [01:31.76]But the county laid my husband in the ground [01:36.68] [01:37.54]Yes warden the county laid my husband in the ground [01:45.39] [01:57.30]I will pawn you my watch I will pawn you my chain [02:02.98]I will pawn you my golden diamond ring [02:07.99] [02:08.52]I will wash all your clothes I will scrub all your floors [02:14.42]If that will get my baby out of jail [02:19.43] [02:19.95]Yes warden if that will get my baby out of jail [02:28.45]Then we heard the warden say to that lady old and gray [02:34.16]I will bring your baby boy to your side [02:39.77]Two iron gates swung wide apart she held her darlin' to her heart [02:45.06] [02:45.77]She kissed her baby boy and then she died [02:51.19]Yes smiling in the arms of her darling boy she died