Goin' to a party
in the county jail
Prison band was there
and they began to wail
Kid is shakin' and began to sing
You should've heard them
knocked out jailbirds sing
Let's rock
Everybody let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock
Spider Murphy
sittin' on a block of stone
Little Joey blowin'
on a slide trombone
Come on Silly Willy
don't you be no square
If you cannot find a partner
use a wooden chair
Let's rock
Everybody let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock
Shifty Henry said to Bugs
For heaven's sake
No one's lookin' now's
our chance to make a break
Bugsy turned to Shifty
and he said Nix nix
Wanna stick around a while
and get my kicks
Let's rock
Everybody let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock