| Year: | 1957 |
| Rank: | 16 |
| Duration: | 2:36 |
| Views: | 28M |
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 them
knocked-out jailbirds sing
Let's rock; everybody, let's 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
Let's rock; everybody, let's 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
Let's rock; everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole
cell block
Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
Sad sack was 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
Let's rock; everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole
cell block
Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
Shifty Henry said to Bugs, "For Heaven's sake
No one's
lookin'; now's our chance to make a break"
Bugsy turned to
Shifty and he said, "Nix, nix
I want to stick around a
while and get my kicks
Let's rock; everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole
cell block
Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
Dancin' to the Jailhouse
Rock
Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
Dancin' to the
Jailhouse Rock
Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock