Peoria Johnson told Dirty Ol' Joe
I can break out of any old jail, you know
The bars are iron, the walls are stone

All I need me is an old fishbone

Fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right, oh boy

They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right, oh boy
They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right, oh boy
They're serving fish in the jailhouse

Fish in the jailhouse tonight

[?] hammerhead shark

Well, a steelhead salmon or a mud bank carp
I said, one side dull, and then the other side sharp
And on Saturday night I'll be in Central Park


Fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right, oh boy
They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right, oh boy

They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right, oh boy
They're serving fish in the jailhouse
Fish in the jailhouse tonight


Ask Little Slow Jackson, on a forty-four trip
Ask Whipperfield[?] Farraday, ask what I did

From the jail to the city, there's a rollin' fog
From Natchez(2) to Kenosha, runnin' down to New York


They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
All right (all right), oh boy (oh boy)
They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight

All right (all right), oh boy (oh boy)
They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
All right (all right), oh boy (oh boy)

They're serving fish in the jailhouse
Fish in the jailhouse tonight


Fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right, oh boy
They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right, oh boy
They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right, oh boy

They're serving fish in the jailhouse
Fish in the jailhouse tonight