I had a friend named Campbell
He used to rob, steal and gamble
He tried everything that was low-down

He was out tom-cattin' one night
When he started a big fight
Then a big policeman came and knocked him down.


He's in the jailhouse now
He's in the jailhouse now

I told him over again
To quit drinking whiskey
Lay off of that gin

He's in the jailhouse now. [Yodel]

Campbell broke jail one day

Decided he'd go away
But the police met him at the train
The cop says I've come for you

Campbell says that this won't do
Because Campbell never my name.


He's in the jailhouse now
He's in the jailhouse now
Yes, he broke out

All over town the fool walked about
He's in the jailhouse now. [Yodel]


I met his old gal Sadie
She said, ?Have you seen my baby??
I told her he was downtown in the can

She went down to the jail
Just to go his bail
She said, ?I've come down here to get my man.?


She's in the jailhouse now
She's in the jailhouse now

So you can understand
Why old kid Sadie's in the can
She's in the jailhouse now. [Yodel]