The warden threw a party in the county jail  The prison band was there and they began to wail  The band was jumping and the joint began to swing  You shoulda heard those knocked out jailbirds sing    Lets rock  Everybody let's rock  Everybody in the whole cell block  Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock    Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone  Little Joe blowin' on a slide trombone  The little boy from drummer, zaph boom bang  The whole rhythm section was the purple gang    Let's rock  Everybody let's rock  Everybody in the whole cell block  Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock    Shifty Henry said to Bugs For heaven's sake  No one's looking now's the chance to make a break  Bugsy turned to Shifty and he said Nix Nix  I wanna stick around a while and get my kicks    Let's rock  Everybody let's rock  Everybody in the whole cell block  Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock  Dancin' to the jailhouse rock  Everybody in the whole cell block  Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock  Ooh yeah, let's rock