He's In The Jailhouse Now-The Memphis Jug Band

[ti:He's In The Jailhouse Now] [ar:The Memphis Jug Band] [al:The Best Of The Memphis Jug Band] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]He's In The Jailhouse Now - The Memphis Jug Band [00:10.01]I remember last election [00:11.78] [00:12.52]Sam Jones got in action [00:13.99] [00:14.82]Said he'd vote for the man [00:16.02]Who paid the biggest price [00:17.61] [00:19.05]The next day at the polls [00:20.94]He voted with heart and soul [00:22.69] [00:23.27]But instead of voting once [00:24.84]He voted twice [00:26.22] [00:28.27]He's in the jailhouse now [00:30.56] [00:32.81]He's in the jailhouse now [00:35.00] [00:37.12]Instead of staying at home [00:38.24] [00:38.81]Leaving the white folks' [00:39.66]Business alone [00:40.58] [00:41.82]He's in the jailhouse now [00:44.10] [00:45.78]You remember Henry Crew [00:47.37] [00:48.04]He sold that no good brew [00:49.67] [00:50.32]Sold it to the police on the beat [00:52.96] [00:54.66]Now Henry's feeling funny [00:56.50] [00:57.05]The police gave him marked money [00:58.72] [00:59.68]Now he's got a ball and chain [01:01.17]Around his feet [01:02.02] [01:04.20]He's in the jailhouse now [01:06.50] [01:08.60]He's in the jailhouse now [01:11.00] [01:12.74]The judge gave him two years [01:14.92]And Henry shed a tear [01:16.69] [01:17.75]He's in the jailhouse now [01:20.56] [01:56.99]Old Tom was walking down the street [01:58.74] [01:59.38]A little girl he chanced to meet [02:01.08] [02:02.56]Took her to every cabaret in town [02:04.28] [02:06.12]He spent his money on liquor [02:07.17] [02:08.25]His trouble's getting thicker [02:09.29] [02:10.73]And now he's jailhouse bound [02:13.16] [02:15.17]He's in the jailhouse now [02:17.53] [02:19.61]He's in the jailhouse now [02:21.81] [02:23.62]If he's got a political friend [02:25.18] [02:25.86]The judge's sentence [02:26.60]He will suspend [02:27.79] [02:28.63]He's in the jailhouse now [02:30.90] [02:32.60]Jim Johnson liked to run around [02:34.41] [02:35.28]Flirt with every girl in town [02:36.78] [02:37.45]Until place day he flirted [02:38.66]With Benny's wife [02:39.73](She was ugly) [02:40.40] [02:42.21]Benny cut him in the face [02:43.39] [02:44.55]It was a bad disgrace [02:45.39] [02:46.67]And now he's graveyard bound [02:48.90] [02:50.96]He's in the jailhouse now [02:53.13] [02:55.42]He's in the jailhouse now [02:57.75] [02:59.80]It was his friend [03:00.97] [03:01.67]That let this matter end [03:02.98] [03:04.40]He's in the jailhouse now