The war-den threw a par-ty in the coun-ty jail The pri-son band was there and they be-gan to wail The band was jump-in'and the joint be-gan to swing You should- 've heard those knocked-out jail-birds sing Let's rock ! Let's rock ! Ev 'ry bo-dy in the whole cell block Was a dan-cin'to the Jailhouse Rock ! Spi-der Mur-phy play'd the ten-or sax-o-phone Lit-tle Joe was bow-in on the slide trom-bone The drum-mer boy from Il-li-nois went crash, boom, bang ! The whole rhy-thm was the pur-ple gang Let's rock ! Let's rock ! Ev 'ry bo-dy in the whole cell block Was a dan-cin'to the Jailhouse Rock ! Num-ber For-ty sev-en said to Num-ber Three "You're the cut-est jail-bird I ev-er didsee I sure would be de-light-ed with your com-pa-ny Come on and do the Jail-house Rock with me " Let's rock, etc... The sad sack was a-sittin'on a block of stone, Way over in the corner weeping all alone. The warden said, "Hey buddy, don't you be no square, If you can't find a partner, use a wooden chair !" Let's rock, etc... Shifty Henry said to Bugs, "For Heaven's sake, No one s lookin'now's our chance to make a break." Bugsy turned to Shifty and he said, "Nix, nix, I wanna stick around a while and get my kicks," Let's rock, etc...