He's in the jailhouse now he's in the jailhouse now   I told him once or twice to quit playin' cards and a shootin' dice   He's in the jailhouse now      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   He's in the jailhouse now...   [ steel - fiddle ]   Now I went out last Tuesday I met a girl named Susie   I told her I was the swellest man around   We started to spend my money and she started to callin' me honey   We took in every honky tonk in town   We're in the jailhouse now...