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Warden threw a party in the county jail |
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Prisonband was there and they began to wail |
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The joint was jumping and the place began to swing |
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You should have heard those knocked out jailbirds sing |
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Let's rock, everybody, let's rock |
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Everybody on the whole cell block |
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They was dancing to the jailhouse rock |
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Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone |
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Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone |
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The drummer boy from |
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Illinois went crash boom bang |
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The whole rhythm section was the purple gang |
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Let's rock, everybody, let's rock |
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Everybody on the whole cell block |
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They was dancing to the jailhouse rock |
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Well, number 47 said to number 3 |
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You're the cutest jailbird |
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I ever did see |
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I sure'll be delighted with your company |
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Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me |
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Let's rock, everybody let's rock |
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Everybody on the whole cell block |
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They were dancing to the jailhouse rock |
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Let's rock |
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Sad Sack sittin' on a block of stone |
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Way over in the corner weepin' all alone |
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The warden said, "Hey buddy, don't you be no squareCan't find a partner, use a wooden chair" |
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Let's rock, everybody let's rock |
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Everybody on the whole cell block |
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They was dancing to the jailhouse rock |
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They were dancing to the jailhouse rock |
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They was dancing to the jailhouse rock |
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They was dancing to the jailhouse rock |
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They was dancing to the jailhouse rock |
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Everybody on the whole cell block |
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They was dancing to the jailhouse rock |
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They was dancing to, dancing to, dancing to, dancing to |
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Dancing to the jailhouse rock |
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Oh, they was dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing |
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Dancing to the jailhouse rock |
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Everybody on the whole cell block |
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They was dancing to the jailhouse rock |
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Jailhouse rock, they was dancin' to the jailhouse rock |
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They was dancin' to the jailhouse rock |
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They was dancin' to the jailhouse rock |
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Everybody on the whole cell block |
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They was dancing to the jailhouse rock |
