In The Jailhouse Now Lyrics - Seven Decades - Hank Thompson

IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW 

(Jimmie Rodgers) 

'28 Peer International 

I had a friend named Rambling Bob who used to steal gamble and rob 

He thought he was the smartest guy in town 

But I found out last Monday that Bob got locked up Sunday 

They've got him in the jailhouse way downtown 

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

I told him once or twice to quit playin' cards and shootin' dice 

He's in the jailhouse now 

He played the game called poker he knocked all with an yoker 

But shootin' dice was his greatest game 

Now he's downtown in jail nobody's to go his bail 

The judge done said that he'll refuse to find 

He's in the jailhouse now... 

Now I went out last Tuesday met a girl named Susie 

I told her I was the swellest man around 

We started to spend my money and she started to callin' me honey 

We took in every cabaret in town 

We're in the jailhouse now we're in the jailhouse now 

I've told the judge right to his face we didn't like to see this place 

We're in the jailhouse now