Hes In The Jailhouse Now-Memphis Jug Band

[ti:Hes In The Jailhouse Now] [ar:Memphis Jug Band] [al:The Best Of Country Blues] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.57]He's In The Jailhouse Now - Memphis Jug Band [00:02.27]Written by：Burt Murphy [00:04.64] [00:09.93]I remember last election [00:11.50] [00:12.44]Sam Jones got in action [00:13.93] [00:14.52]Said he'd vote for the man [00:16.08]Who paid the biggest price [00:17.49] [00:18.97]The next day at the polls [00:20.33] [00:20.86]He voted with heart and soul [00:22.55] [00:23.24]But instead of voting once [00:25.08]He voted twice [00:26.21] [00:28.25]He's in the jailhouse now [00:30.61] [00:32.80]He's in the jailhouse now [00:35.16] [00:36.95]Instead of staying at home [00:38.74]Leaving the white folks' [00:39.87]Business alone [00:41.13] [00:41.86]He's in the jailhouse now [00:44.03] [00:45.72]You remember Henry Crew [00:47.84]He sold that no good brew [00:50.06]He sold it to the police on the beat [00:52.90] [00:54.70]Now Henry's feeling funny [00:56.18] [00:56.78]The police gave him marked money [00:58.81] [00:59.67]Now he's got a ball and chain [01:01.23]Around his feet [01:02.23] [01:04.25]He's in the jailhouse now [01:06.46] [01:08.78]He's in the jailhouse now [01:11.05] [01:12.81]The judge gave him two years [01:14.91]And Henry shed a tear [01:16.75] [01:17.75]He's in the jailhouse now [01:20.66] [01:56.99]Tom was walking down the street [01:58.83] [01:59.48]A little girl he chanced to meet [02:01.05] [02:02.32]Took her to every cabaret in town [02:04.19] [02:06.13]He spent his money on liquor [02:07.27] [02:08.19]His trouble's getting thicker [02:09.45] [02:10.31]And now he's jailhouse bound [02:13.26] [02:15.21]He's in the jailhouse now [02:17.55] [02:19.62]He's in the jailhouse now [02:21.90] [02:23.51]If he's got a political friend [02:25.27] [02:25.88]The judge's sentence [02:26.69]He will suspend [02:27.75] [02:28.62]He's in the jailhouse now [02:30.80] [02:32.60]Jim Johnson liked to run around [02:34.36] [02:35.35]Flirt with every girl in town [02:36.87] [02:37.51]Until one day he flirted [02:38.55]With Benny's wife [02:39.86]She was ugly [02:40.67] [02:41.48]And benny cut him in the face [02:43.50] [02:44.42]It was a bad disgrace [02:45.71] [02:47.14]But now he's graveyard bound [02:49.06] [02:50.98]He's in the jailhouse now [02:53.25] [02:55.28]He's in the jailhouse now [02:57.77] [02:59.72]And it was his friend [03:01.06] [03:01.65]That let this matter end [03:03.36] [03:04.37]He's in the jailhouse now