Peoria Johnson told Dudlow Joe   I can break out of any old jail you know   The bars are iron, the walls are stone   All I need me is an old fish bone      They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight   Oh boy   They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight   They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight      Corbina, opaleye hammer head shark   Steel head salmon or a mud bank carp   Sand me one side dull, whittle the other side sharp   By Saturday night, I'll be in central park      They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight   Oh boy   They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight   They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight      Ask Little Son Jackson or the 44 Kid   Or Whitfield Faraday what I did   From Yazoo city down to Rollin Fork   From Natchez to Kinosha,    From New Dime to New York      They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight   Oh boy   They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight   They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight      Gimme a nice totuava or a chicken of the sea   I'm gonna fashion me a fishbone skeleton key   Tell Skullion Childs I won't be late   You can bet your freedom   I'm gonna clean my plate