IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW
(Jimmie Rodgers)
Jimmie Rodgers - 1928
Frankie Marvin - 1928
Boyd Senter & His Senterpedes - 1929
Hene Kardos & His Orch. - 1932
Gene Autry & Smiley Burnette (feat. in the film "Prairie Moon") - 1938
Gene Autry - 1941
Riley Crabtree - 1949
Tommy Duncan & His Western All Stars - 1950
Webb Pierce & Shot Jackson - 1951
Webb Pierce - 1955
Eddie Moore - 1955
Jimmy Wakely - 1955
Wally Dean & His Flips - 1960
Cowboy Copas - 1963
Ernest Tubb - 1967
Reg Lindsay - 1967
Hank Snow - 1972
Clarence "Frogman" Henry - 1975
Delbert McClinton - 1977
Willie Nelson & Webb Pierce - 1982
Charley Pride - 1982
Flophouse String Band - 1983
Hot Rize - 1989
Boxcar Willie - 1989
Tim Blake Nelson (feat. in the film "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" - 2000
Also recorded by:
Junior & W.B Welch; Pat Patterson & The Texas Wranglers; Prism; Jim Croce;
The Louvin Brothers; Grievous Angels; True Brothers; Pete Pike; Billy Walker;
Buck Owens; Obray Ramsey; Pink Anderson; Michael Cooney; Jim Kweskin;
Bud Reed; Harley Allen; Billy Mitchell ...... and others.
As recorded by JIMMIE RODGERS, 15th February 1928:
I had a friend named Ramblin' Bob
Who used to steal, gamble and rob
He thought he was the smartest guy in town
But I found out last Monday
That Bob got locked up Sunday
They've got him in the jailhouse way downtown
He's in the jailhouse now
He's in the jailhouse now
I told him once or twice
To quit playin' cards and shootin' dice
He's in the jailhouse now
(Yodel)
He played a game called poker
Pinochle, whist and euchre
But shootin' dice was his greatest game
Now he's downtown in jail
Nobody to go his bail
The judge done said that he refused a fine
He's in the jailhouse now
He's in the jailhouse now
I told him once or twice
To quit playin' cards and shootin' dice
He's in the jailhouse now
(Yodel)
I went out last Tuesday
Met a girl named Suzie
I told her I was the swellest man around
We started to spend my money
Then she started to call me honey
We took in every cabaret in town
We're in the jailhouse now
We're in the jailhouse now
I told that judge right to his face
We didn't like to see this place
We're in the jailhouse now
(Yodel)
(Contributed by Soren Sjogren - December 2002)
(Updated by Mel Priddle - April 2018)
