I’m Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail (Folsom Rehearsal) Songtext
von Johnny Cash

I′m not in your town to stay
Cried a lady old and grey
To the Warden of the penitentiary
I'm not in your town to stay
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 tried to raise my baby right
And I prayed both day and night
That he wouldn′t follow the footsteps of his dad
I had searched both far and wide
I had feared that he had died
′Til at last I found my baby here in jail
Yes, Warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail


I will pawn you my watch
I will pawn you my chain
I will pawn you my golden wedding ring
I will wash all your clothes
I will scrub all your floors
If that will get my baby out of jail
Yes, Warden, I′m just here to get my baby out of jail

Then I heard the Warden say
To the lady old and grey
I will bring your darling baby to your side
Two iron gates swung wide apart
She held her darling to her heart
She kissed her darling boy and then she died
Died smiling, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
I′m just here to get my baby out of jail

Well start of in the G and back then the E then back to G