Peoria Johnson told Dirty Ol' 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 fishbone

Fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right, oh boy

They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right, oh boy

They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right, oh boy

They're serving fish in the jailhouse

Fish in the jailhouse tonight

[?] hammerhead shark

Well, a steelhead salmon or a mud bank carp

I said, one side dull, and then the other side sharp

And on Saturday night I'll be in Central Park

Fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right, oh boy

They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right, oh boy

They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right, oh boy

They're serving fish in the jailhouse

Fish in the jailhouse tonight

Ask Little Slow Jackson, on a forty-four trip

Ask Whipperfield[?] Farraday, ask what I did

From the jail to the city, there's a rollin' fog

From Natchez(2) to Kenosha, runnin' down to New York

They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight

All right (all right), oh boy (oh boy)

They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight

All right (all right), oh boy (oh boy)

They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight

All right (all right), oh boy (oh boy)

They're serving fish in the jailhouse

Fish in the jailhouse tonight

Fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right, oh boy

They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right, oh boy

They're serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, all right, oh boy

They're serving fish in the jailhouse

Fish in the jailhouse tonight