The warden threw a party in the county jail 

The prison band was there, and they 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 your 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 

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 

Was dancing to the jailhouse ...