Webb Pierce
Webb Pierce
Webb Pierce
Webb Pierce
Webb Pierce
Webb Pierce
Webb Pierce & The Wilburn Brothers
Webb Pierce
Webb Pierce
Webb Pierce
Webb Pierce
A prison song, one that possibly helped create the stereotype of prisons in country songs.
Some other notable jail and prison songs
“Folsom Prison Blues”-Johnny Cash
“Four Walls of Raiford”-Lynyrd Skynyrd
“Jailhouse Rock”-Elvis Presley
“Rusty Cage”-Johnny Cash/Soundgarden
[Chorus 1]
He's in the jailhouse now
He's in the jailhouse now
I told him once or twice
To quit playin' cards and shootin' dice
He's in the jailhouse now
[Verse 1]
Well I had a friend named Rambling Bob
Who used to steal, gamble and rob
He thought he was the smartest guy in town
But I found out last Monday, that Bob got locked up Sunday
They got him in the jailhouse way downtown
[Chorus 1]
He's in the jailhouse now
He's in the jailhouse now
I told him once or twice
To quit playin' cards and shootin' dice
He's in the jailhouse now
[Verse 2]
Well I went out last Tuesday
I met a girl named Susie
I told her I was the swellest man around
Well she started and to spend my money
She started and to callin' me honey
We took in every honky tonk in town
[Chorus 2]
We're in the jailhouse now
We're in the jailhouse now
They told us once or twice
To quit playin' cards and shootin' dice
We're in the jailhouse now
In the Jailhouse Now was written by Jimmie Rodgers.
In the Jailhouse Now was produced by Paul Cohen.
Jimmie Rodgers’s version was recorded in February 1928, so sometime before then.