In The Jailhouse Now - No.2 - Jimmy Rodgers

I had a friend named Campbell

He used to rob, steal and gamble

He tried everything that was low-down

He was out tom-cattin' 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 drinking whiskey

Lay off of that gin

He’s in the jailhouse now

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

Campbell says that this won’t do

Because Campbell never 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

I met his old gal Sadie

She said, «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 said, «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