The Jailer's Daughter
from The Gin Diaries by Fergusson Elliott
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lyrics
The Jailer's Daughter.
(She's a pretty thing to be sure, and affordable)
There's a Jailer's Daughter and she's the one,
And in this dark cell who'd have thought that I'd find a love,
And for just a guinea you can have her all day long.
Now the Jailer's Daughter or so the boys all say,
She tastes so sweetly of wine and strawberry,
But a poor boy like me who didn't steal the right things oh no,
I'll never get to taste the Jailer's Daughter.
The Jailer's Daughter so the boys all tell me,
She's got secret kisses and secret embraces they
take your cares all away of yes they do,
But a poor boy like me who hasn't got the guineas to give,
To give to my Jailer's Daughter.
Now the very first thing that I'm going to do when I get out,
Is get myself a real job that pays well,
Maybe a rich man's house maybe a stage couch maybe something bigger,
Then I'll hand myself in a man of money a man of consequence a man of guineas,
To give to my Jailer's Daughter.
And all for the want of a single guinea...
(She's a pretty thing to be sure, and affordable)
There's a Jailer's Daughter and she's the one,
And in this dark cell who'd have thought that I'd find a love,
And for just a guinea you can have her all day long.
Now the Jailer's Daughter or so the boys all say,
She tastes so sweetly of wine and strawberry,
But a poor boy like me who didn't steal the right things oh no,
I'll never get to taste the Jailer's Daughter.
The Jailer's Daughter so the boys all tell me,
She's got secret kisses and secret embraces they
take your cares all away of yes they do,
But a poor boy like me who hasn't got the guineas to give,
To give to my Jailer's Daughter.
Now the very first thing that I'm going to do when I get out,
Is get myself a real job that pays well,
Maybe a rich man's house maybe a stage couch maybe something bigger,
Then I'll hand myself in a man of money a man of consequence a man of guineas,
To give to my Jailer's Daughter.
And all for the want of a single guinea...
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from The Gin Diaries,
released January 1, 2013
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Jan 2009
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