I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail

I'm Here to Get My Baby out of Jail (Remaster) - Hank Snow

"I'm not in your town to stay"

Said a lady old and gray

To the warden of the penitentiary

"I'm not in your town to stay

And I'll soon be on my way

I'm just here to get my baby out of jail

Yes warden

You know I want my baby out of jail"

I tried to raise my baby right

I have prayed both day and night

That he wouldn't follow the footsteps of his dad

I have searched both far and wide

And I feared that he had died

But at last I've found my baby here in jail

Yes warden

You know it's good to find my baby here in jail

It was five years today when my husband passed away

He was found beneath the snow so cold and white

'Twas then I vowed to take his ring

Golden watch and his chain

But the county laid my husband in the grave

Yes warden

The county laid my baby papa in the grave

I will pawn you my watch I will pawn you my ring

I will pawn you my diamond wedding ring

I will wash all your clothes I will scrub all your floors

If this will get my baby out of jail

Yes warden

You know I want my baby out of jail

Then I heard the warden say to the lady old and gray

I go bring your darling baby to your side

Two iron gates swung wide apart She held her darling to her heart

She kissed her baby boy and then she died

But smiling

In the arms of her dear darling boy she died