| Lyrics: | Written by Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller
The warden threw a party in the county jail.
The
prison band was there and they began to wail.
The band was jumpin' down they began to
swing.
You should've heard those jailbirds sing.
Let's rock, everybody, let's
rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock.
Well
Spider Murphy played on the saxophone,
Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone.
The
drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang,
the whole rhythm section was the Purple
Gang.
Let's rock, everybody, let's rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
was dancin'
to the Jailhouse Rock.
Well number forty-seven said to number three: |
