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 have heard those knocked-out jailbirds sing.
Let's rock, Ev'rybody let's rock!
Ev'rybody in the whole cell block
Was dancing 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.Chorus
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."Chorus
The sad sack was a-sittin' on a block of stone,
Way over in the corner weeping all alone.
The warden said: "Hey, Buddy, don't you be no square,
If you can't find a partner, use a wooden chair!"Chorus
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 wanna stick around a while and get my kicks."Chorus
