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, I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail



I've Tried To Raiser My Baby Right, I Have Prayed Both Day And Night

That He'd Never Follow The Footsteps Of His Dad

I Have Searched Both Far And Wide, I Had Feared That He Had Died

And At Last I Find My Baby Here In Jail

Yes, Warden, But It's Good To Find My Baby Here In Jail



I Will Pawn You My Watch, I Will Pawn You My Chain

I Will Pawn You My Gold Diamond Ring

I Will Wash All Your Clothes, I Will Scrub All Your Floors

If That Will Get My Baby Out Of Jail

Yes, Warden, You Know I Want My Baby Out Of Jail



Then I Heard The Wanden Say To The Lady Old And Gray

I Will Send Your Baby Boy To Your Side

Those Wide Gates Swung Wide Apart, She Held Her Darling To Her Heart

She Kissed Her Darling Boy And Then She Died

But Smiling In The Arms Of Her Boy There She Died