I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail
A Mother's Redemption: Breaking Chains for Love
Lyrics
I'm not in your town to stay said a lady old and gray
I'm not planning to stay in your town, as expressed by an elderly lady.
To the warden of the penitentiary
Addressing the warden of the penitentiary.
I'm not in your town to stay and I'll soon be on my way
Reiterating the intention not to stay and indicating the imminent departure. The purpose of the visit is clear: to free her child from jail.
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
The sole reason for her presence is to release her child from incarceration.
(Yes warden I'm just here to get my baby out of jail)
Reiterated declaration to the warden about her purpose: solely here to release her child from jail.
I tried to raise him right and I prayed both day and night
Expressing efforts to raise her child properly, hoping and praying that the child wouldn't follow the father's negative footsteps.
That he'd never follow the footsteps of his dad
The fear of the child following in the father's footsteps and getting into trouble.
I have searched both far and wide and I feared that he had died
Search efforts conducted far and wide, fearing the child was dead until finally discovering the child in jail.
Now at last I found my baby here in jail
Confirmation of finding her child imprisoned.
(Yes warden at last I found my baby here in jail)
Reiteration of finding the child in jail, emphasizing the distress of the situation.
It was just five years today since my husband passed away
Reflecting on the anniversary of her husband's death, occurring five years ago.
He was found beneath the snow so cold and white
Her husband was discovered dead beneath snow, indicating a tragic and possibly unexpected death.
Made a vow to keep his ring his golden watch and his chain
She vowed to keep her husband's possessions despite the county laying him to rest.
But the county laid my husband in the ground
Despite her vow, the county buried her husband.
(Yes warden the county laid my husband in the ground)
Reiterating the fact that the county conducted her husband's burial.
I will pawn you my watch I will pawn you my chain
Offering to pawn her valuable possessions (watch, chain, ring) to secure her child's release.
I will pawn you my golden diamond ring
Reiterating the offer to pawn her valuables to free her child.
I will wash all your clothes I will scrub all your floors
Willingness to perform menial tasks (washing clothes, scrubbing floors) to secure her child's release.
If that will get my baby out of jail
Expressing readiness to do anything necessary to get her child out of jail.
(Yes warden if that will get my baby out of jail)
Reiteration of her willingness to do whatever it takes to secure her child's release.
Then we heard the warden say to that lady old and gray
The warden's response to the lady's plea, indicating an intention to reunite her with her child.
I will bring your baby boy to your side
The warden promises to bring her son to her.
Two big iron gates swung wide apart she held her darlin' to her heart
The gates open, allowing the mother to embrace her child. She holds him close before passing away.
She kissed her baby boy and then she died
After reuniting with her child, she passes away while holding him, content in her final moments.
(Yes smiling in the arms of her darling boy she died)
She dies while smiling, in the embrace of her beloved son.
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