He's In The Jailhouse Now-Memphis Jug Band

[ti:He's In The Jailhouse Now] [ar:Memphis Jug Band] [al:Memphis Jug Band Vol. 3 (1930)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]He's In The Jailhouse Now - Memphis Jug Band [00:09.94]I remember last election [00:12.26]Sam Jones got in action [00:14.67]Said he'd vote for the man who paid the biggest price [00:17.86] [00:18.78]The next day at the polls [00:20.77]He voted with heart and soul [00:22.94]But instead of voting once he voted twice [00:26.18] [00:27.83]He's in the jailhouse now [00:30.36] [00:32.26]He's in the jailhouse now [00:35.16] [00:36.46]Instead of staying at home [00:38.27]Leaving the white folks' business alone [00:41.18]He's in the jailhouse now [00:43.94] [00:44.94]You remember Henry Crew [00:47.33]He sold that no good brew [00:49.41]Sold it to the police on the beat [00:52.52] [00:53.68]Now Henry's feeling funny [00:55.89]The police gave him marked money [00:58.56]Now he's got a ball and chain around his feet [01:01.43] [01:03.12]He's in the jailhouse now [01:05.49] [01:07.42]He's in the jailhouse now [01:10.64] [01:11.37]The judge gave him two years [01:13.54]And Henry shed a tear [01:16.21]He's in the jailhouse now [01:19.70] [01:54.81]Old Tom was walking down the street [01:57.24]A little girl he chanced to meet [01:58.70] [02:00.07]Took her to every cabaret in town [02:03.04] [02:04.04]He spent his money on liquor [02:05.85]His trouble's getting thicker [02:07.22] [02:08.22]And now he's jailhouse bound [02:11.15] [02:12.56]He's in the jailhouse now [02:15.13] [02:17.02]He's in the jailhouse now [02:19.69] [02:21.04]If he's got a political friend [02:23.07]The judge's sentence he will suspend [02:25.65]He's in the jailhouse now [02:28.45] [02:29.62]Jim Johnson liked to run around [02:32.34]Flirt with every girl in town [02:34.48]Until one day he flirted with Benny's wife [02:37.65] [02:38.74]Benny cut him in the face [02:40.82] [02:41.47]It was a bad disgrace [02:42.96] [02:44.04]And now he's graveyard bound [02:46.46] [02:47.72]He's in the jailhouse now [02:50.50] [02:52.09]He's in the jailhouse now [02:55.08] [02:56.36]It was his friend [02:58.25]That let this matter end [03:01.02]He's in the jailhouse now