In the Jailhouse Now

Album: The Singing Brakeman (1928)
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  • I had a friend named Ramblin' Bob
    Who used to steal, gamble and rob
    He thought he was the smartest guy in town
    But I found out last Monday
    That Bob got locked up Sunday
    They've got him in the jailhouse way down town.

    He's in the jailhouse now
    He's in the jailhouse now
    I told him once or twice
    To quit playin' cards and shootin' dice
    He's in the jailhouse now.

    He played a game called poker
    He knuckled with Dan Yoakum
    But shootin' dice was his greatest game
    Now he's downtown in jail
    Nobody to go his bail
    The judge done said that he will pay the fine.

    I went out last Tuesday
    Met a girl named Susie
    I told her I was the swellest man around
    We started to spend my money
    Then she started to call me honey
    We took in every cabaret in town.

    We're in the jailhouse now
    We're in the jailhouse now
    I told the judge right to his face
    We didn't like to see this place
    We're in the jailhouse now. Writer/s: JIMMIE RODGERS
    Publisher: O/B/O DistroKid, Peermusic Publishing
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Comments: 2

  • Wildwood Valley Boy from Tenn,,,such a shame to see incorrect lyrics printed !...verse two should read,,,-"he played a game called poker,...PINNOCLE, WHIST, and EUCHER !"
  • Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn May 10th 1962, Johnny Cash performed for the first time at Carnegie Hall in New York City...
    At the time his covered version of "In the Jailhouse Now" was being reviewed in Billboard's Magazine, and it was given three out of four stars, as stated above it peaked at #8 on Billboard's Country & Western Music chart...
    Later on 1962 he would enter Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart with a covered vocal version of "Bonanza", from the NBC-TV western of the same name, it stayed on the chart for one week at #94...
    The 'Man in Black' passed away on September 12th, 2003 at the age of 71...
    May he R.I.P.
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