In The Jailhouse Now
(Traditional)
First release by: Jimmie Rodgers - 1928
Covered by multiple other artists



I had a friend named Ramblin Bob 
He used to steal gamble and rob 
He thought he was the smartest guy around 
Well I found out last Monday that Bob got locked up Sunday 
They've got him in the jailhouse way downtown 

He's in the jailhouse now 
He's in the jailhouse now 
Well, I told him once or twice to stop playin' cards and shootin' dice 
He's in the jailhouse now 

Bob liked to play his poker 
Pinochle whist and euchre 
But shootin dice was his favorite game 
He got throw'd in jail with nobody to go his bail 
The judge done said that he refused to the fine 

He's in the jailhouse now 
He's in the jailhouse now 
Well, I told him once or twice to stop playin' cards and shootin' dice 
He's in the jailhouse now 

Well I went out last Tuesday 
I met a girl named Suzie 
I said I was the swellest guy around 
Well we got to spendin' my money
And she started to callin' me honey 
We took in every cabaret in town 
We're in the jailhouse now 

We're in the jailhouse now 
We're in the jailhouse now 
Well I told that judge right to his face
I don't like to see this place 
We're in the jailhouse now