The warden threw
a party in the county jail.
The prison band was there
and they began to wail.
The band was jumpin' and
the joint began to swing.
You should've heard those
knocked out jailbirds sing.
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock.
Spider Murphy played the
tenor saxophone,
Little Joe was blowin'
on the slide trombone.
The drummer boy from Illinois went crash,
boom, bang,
The whole rhythm section
was the purple gang.
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock.
Number forty- seven said
to number three:
You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see.
I sure would be delighted
with your company,
Come on and do the
jailhouse rock with me.
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the jailhouse
rock.
The sad sack was a sittin'
on a block of stone
Way over in the corner
weepin' all alone.
The warden said, hey, buddy,
don't you be no square.
If you can't find a partner
use a wooden chair.
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the
jailhouse rock.
Shifty Henry said to bugs,
for heavens sake,
No ones lookin',
now's our chance to make a break.
Bugsy turned to shifty and he said, nix nix,
I wanna stick around a while
and get my kicks.
Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block