Riot In Cell Block Number Nine-Wanda Jackson

[ti:Riot In Cell Block Number Nine] [ar:Wanda Jackson] [al:Vintage Collections] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.63]On July the second 1953 [00:05.43]I was serving time in Tehachapi [00:09.24]Four o'clock in the morning [00:10.78]I was sleepin' in my cell [00:12.76]I heard a whistle blow [00:14.01]And I heard somebody yell [00:16.28]There's a riot goin' on [00:19.62]There's a riot goin' on [00:21.82] [00:23.36]There's a riot goin' on [00:26.58]Up in cell block number nine [00:31.56]The trouble all started up in cell block 4 [00:35.52]It spread like fire across the prison floor [00:39.44]Warden came in with a big tommy gun [00:43.19]Bang-bang-bang tryin' to stop our fun [00:46.41]There's a riot goin' on [00:50.09]There's a riot goin' on [00:53.85]There's a riot goin' on [00:56.78]Up in cell block number nine [01:02.34] [01:23.96]The warden said come out [01:25.71]With your hands up in the air [01:28.00]If you don't stop this riot [01:29.66]You're all gonna get the chair [01:31.86]Two-gun Mathilda said [01:33.76]It's too late to quit [01:35.55]Pass the dynamite Molly [01:37.22]'Cause man this fuse is lit [01:38.90]There's a riot goin' on [01:42.34]There's a riot goin' on [01:46.07]There's a riot goin' on [01:49.38]Up in cell block number nine [01:54.27]They called the state militia [01:56.11]To help them win the fight [01:58.13]Drove up to the prison [01:59.79]In the middle of the night [02:02.12]Each and every trooper [02:03.61]He looked so tall and fine [02:05.83]All the chicks went crazy [02:07.33]Up in cell block number nine [02:09.09]There's a riot goin' on [02:12.75]There's a riot goin' on [02:16.45]There's a riot goin' on [02:19.43]Up in cell block number nine