Riot in Cell Block Number Nine-The Robins

[ti:Riot in Cell Block Number Nine] [ar:The Robins] [al:The US Singles Collection 1954-1961] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Riot in Cell Block Number Nine - The Robins [00:05.74]On July the second [00:07.65]Nineteen and fifty three [00:09.81] [00:11.09]I was serving time [00:13.10]For armed robbery [00:14.90] [00:16.40]At four o'clock in the morning [00:18.47]I was sleepin' in my cell [00:20.62] [00:21.64]I heard a whistle blow [00:23.50]And I heard somebody yell [00:25.57] [00:26.20]There's a riot goin' on [00:28.49] [00:31.51]There's a riot goin' on [00:33.91] [00:36.80]There's a riot goin' on [00:39.10] [00:40.49]Up in cell block number nine [00:43.09] [00:48.41]The trouble all started up in cell block number four [00:52.71] [00:53.82]It spread like fire [00:55.74]Across the prison floor [00:57.95] [00:59.16]I said ok boys are you get ready to run [01:03.07] [01:04.41]Here comes the warden [01:06.35]With a tommy gun [01:08.92]There's a riot goin' on [01:11.07] [01:14.03]There's a riot goin' on [01:16.49] [01:19.47]There's a riot goin' on [01:21.88] [01:23.17]Up in cell block number nine [01:25.96] [01:31.23]The warden said [01:32.60]Come out with your hands up in the air [01:35.30] [01:36.61]If you don't stop this riot [01:38.22] [01:38.76]You're all gonna get the chair [01:40.48] [01:41.88]Scarface jones said it's too late to quit [01:45.91] [01:47.20]And pass the dynamite [01:49.05]'Cause the fuse is lit [01:51.61]There's a riot goin' on [01:54.00] [01:56.87]There's a riot goin' on [01:59.23] [02:02.10]There's a riot goin' on [02:04.31] [02:05.71]Up in cell block number nine [02:08.13] [02:13.87]On the 47th hour the tear gas got our men [02:17.86] [02:18.98]We're all back in our cells but every now and then [02:23.54]There's a riot goin' on [02:25.87] [02:28.81]There's a riot goin' on [02:31.17] [02:34.16]There's a riot goin' on [02:36.61] [02:37.91]Up in cell block number nine