IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW No.2
(Jimmie Rodgers / Elsie McWilliams)


Jimmie Rodgers - 1930
Gene Autry - 1930
Ambrose & His Orch. (vocal: Sam Browne) - 1932
Jimmie Rodgers & The Rainbow Ranch Boys (Hank Snow & Chet Atkins) - 1955
Johnny Cash - 1962
Yodeling Slim Clark - 1965
Sir Douglas Quintet -1966
Doc Watson - 1975
Sonny James & His Tennessee State Prison Band - 1977
Guy Clark - 1978
John Jackson - 1983
Van Williams - 1983
Suzy Bogguss & Chet Atkins - 1994
Steve Earle & The V-Roys - 1997
Dean Mitchell - 2001




As recorded by JIMMIE RODGERS, 12th July 1930:

I had a friend named Campbell
Who used to rob, steal and gamble 
He tried everything that was lowdown
He was out tomcattin' one night
When he started a big fight
Then a big policeman came and knocked him down 

He's in the jailhouse now 
He's in the jailhouse now 
I told him over again to quit drinkin' whiskey, lay off o' that gin 
He's in the jailhouse now

(Yodel)

Campbell broke jail one day
Decided he'd go away
But the police met him at the train
The cop says "I've come for you"
Cambell says that this won't do
Because Campbell never was my name

He's in the jailhouse now 
He's in the jailhouse now 
Yes, he broke out, all over town the fool walked about 
He's in the jailhouse now

(Yodel)

I met his old gal, Sadie
She says, "Have you seen my baby"
I told her he was downtown in the can
She went down to the jail
Just to go his bail
She says, "I've come down here to get my man"

She's in the jailhouse now 
She's in the jailhouse now 
So you can understand why old kid Sadie's in the can 
She's in the jailhouse now

(Yodel)


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As recorded by JOHNNY CASH, 4th May 1962:

I had a friend named Bill Campbell, he used to rob steal and gamble
And on the side he'd beg, so he mopped up
I told him he shouldn't do it and Campbell told me he knew it
So he started beggin' with a bucket instead of a cup

He's in the jailhouse now (He's in the jailhouse now)
He's in the jailhouse now (He's in the jailhouse now)
Well Campbell fluffed his dove when he wore a tuxedo to the country club
He's in the jailhouse now (He's in the jailhouse now)

Yodel, boy!
Ah, yodel!

I met his old gal Sadie, she said, "Have you seen Billy lately?"
I said, "I don't believe that he's about"
She went down to the jail, she went down to take him his mail
Then she whispered, "Sheriff, please don't let him out"

He's in the jailhouse now (He's in the jailhouse now)
He's in the jailhouse now (He's in the jailhouse now)
While Campbell's put away, Sadie's with the sheriff everyday
He's in the jailhouse now (He's in the jailhouse now)

Aw, yodel!

Well I remember the last election, the prohibitionists were in action
They's tryin' to elect themselves a president
Bill Canpbell and John Austin walked from New Orleans to Boston
And they've got a bottle in every settlement

They're in the jailhouse now (They're in the jailhouse now)
They're in the jailhouse now (They're in the jailhouse now)
They were down at the railroad track stealin' a train to haul it back
They're in the jailhouse now (They're in the jailhouse now)



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2018)