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Thread #30719 Message #2282943
Posted By: Mr Happy
08-Mar-08 - 12:18 PM
Thread Name: Origins: In the Jailhouse Now
Subject: Lyr Add: IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW (Soggy Bottom Boys)
Here's the Soggy Bottom Boys version from YT here: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=f2dqgUkJOvs
He's in the jailhouse now. Jimmie Rodgers.
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 a-shootin dice
He's in the jailhouse now
[Yodelling]
Bob liked to play his poker
Pinochle, whist and euchre [yoker]
But shootin' dice it was his favourite game
But he got throwed in jail, with nobody to go his bail
The judge done said that he refused the fine
He's in the jailhouse now
He's in the jailhouse now
Well, I told him once or twice, to stop playing cards and shootin dice
He's in the jailhouse now
[Yodelling]
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
Well I told that judge right to his face, I don't like to see this place
We're in the jailhouse now
[Yodelling]