Well, I've got a friend named Ramblin' Bob He used to steal, gamble, and rob He thought he was the smartest man around But I found out last Monday That Bob got locked up Sunday They got him in the jailhouse way downtown 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 Well, I went out last Tuesday Met a little girl named Susie I told her I was the swellest man around Well, she started into spendin' my money She started into callin' me honey We took in every honky-tonk in town 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 We're in the jailhouse now 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