(Leiber, Stoller) The warden threw a party in the county jail The prison band was there, and they began to wail The band began to-jumping, they began to swing You should have heard the knock down jailbird sing Let's rock, everybody let's rock Oh everybody in the whole cell block Was dancing to the jailhouse rock Number forty-seven said to number three You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see I sure would be delighted with your company So come and do the jailhouse rock with me Let's rock, everybody let's rock Oh everybody in the whole cell block Was dancing to the jailhouse rock, yeah! Spider Murphy played on the tenor saxophone Little Joe was blowin' on a slide trombone Drummer boy from Illinois was crash-a-bam boomin' The whole rhythm section was the purple gang Let's rock, everybody let's rock Everybody in the whole cell block Was dancing to the jailhouse rock Listen Dancing to the jailhouse rock Dancing to the jailhouse rock Dancing to the jailhouse rock Dancing to the jailhouse rock Everybody in the whole cell block Was dancing to the jailhouse rock, yeah! Everybody in the whole cell block Dancing to the jailhouse rock C'mon Dancing to the jailhouse rock Dancing to the jailhouse rock Dancing to the jailhouse rock Dancing to the jailhouse rock Everybody in the whole cell block Was dancing to the jailhouse ...