The warden threw a party in the county jail
The prison band was there, and began to wail
The band began to-jumping, they began to swing

You should have heard the knock down jailbird sing
Let's rock, everybody let's rock
Oh everybody in the whole cell block

Was dancing 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 some company
So come and do the jailhouse rock with me

Let's rock, everybody let's rock
Oh everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock, yeah


Spider Murphy played on the tenor saxophone
Little Joe was blowin' on a slide trombone

Drummer boy from Illinois was crash-a-bam boomin'
The whole rhythm section was the purple gang
Let's rock, everybody let's rock

Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock


Listen
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock

Dancing to the jailhouse rock
They were dancing to the jailhouse rock
Everybody in the whole cell block

Was dancing to the jailhouse rock, yeah

Everybody in the whole cell block

Dancing to the jailhouse rock

C'mon


Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock

Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Everybody in the whole cell block