The warden threw a party in the county jail. The prison band was there and they began to wail. The band was jumpin’ and the joint began to swing. You should’ve heard those knocked out jailbirds sing. Let’s rock, everybody, let’s rock. Everybody in the whole cell block Was dancin’ to the jailhouse rock. Dead Head played the tenor saxophone, Shadow Minion was blowin on the slide trombone. The Drummer Boy from illinois went crash, boom, bang, The whole