[1] I had a friend named Ramblin' Bob
He used to steal gamble and rob
He thought he was the smartest guy [4] around
Well I found out last Monday
That Bob got locked up Sunday
They've [2maj] got him in the jailhouse way down-[5]-town

He's in the jailhouse [1] now
He's in the jailhouse [4] now
Well I [5] told him once or twice
To stop playin' cards and shootin' dice
He's in the jailhouse [1] now
Ah di o-dalee [4] eehee dee-o ti
Ah di o-dalee ee oh [1] dee-o ti
[5] Yodelayee-hee
Yodelayee-hee
[1] Yodelay-ee

Bob liked to play his poker
Pinochle whist and euchre
But shootin' dice was his favorite game
He got throw'd in jail
With nobody to go his bail
The judge done said that he refused the fine

Well I went out last Tuesday
I met a girl named Suzie
I said I was the swellest guy around
Well we started to spendin' my money
And she started to callin' me honey
We took in every cabaret in town

We're in the jailhouse now
We're in the jailhouse now
Well I told that judge right to his face
I don't like to see this place
We're in the jailhouse now
Ah di o-dalee eehee dee-o ti
Ah di o-dalee ee oh dee-o ti
Yodelayee-hee
Yodelayee-hee
Yodelay-ee