Steve Forbert - In The Jailhouse Now lyrics

VERSE I had a friend called Ramblin' Bob He used to steal and gamble and rob He thought he was the smartest man around But I found out last Monday They locked him up on Sunday They've got him in the jailhouse way downtown CHORUS #1 He's in the jailhouse now The jailhouse now I warned him once or twice Quit playin' cards and shootin' the dice He's in the jailhouse now VERSE Well, he played that game called poker Pinochle, whist and euchre But shooting dice, lord, it was his greatest game So now he's down in jail Nobody to go his bail The judge done said that he refused a fine CHORUS #2 He's in the jailhouse now The jailhouse now I warned him once or twice You better quit playin' the cards and shootin' the dice He's in the jailhouse now (YODEL) VERSE Well, I went out last Tuesday I met a gal named Susie Told her I was the swellest man around We started spendin' my money She started callin' me honey We took in every cabaret in town CHORUS #3 We're in the jailhouse now In the jailhouse now You know I told that judge right to his face I couldn't stand to see his place We're in the jailhouse now (YODEL OUT) Jimmie Rodgers Peer Southern Music