In the Jailhouse Now Doc Watson

I had a friend named Camble, eat, cheat and steal and gamble
And I guess he tried most ever' thing low down

He was out tomcattin' one night when he started a great big fight
Then a big policeman came and snapped him down

He's in the jailhouse now, he's in the jailhouse now
I told him once or twice to quit drinking gin and shootin' dice
He's in the jailhouse now

'a-yodeleyie yodeleyie oh-ohoohdeleyie
'a-yodeleyie odiyodeleyie e-iyodeleyie

Old Bill broke out one day, I guess he thought he'd get away
But at the railroad station they took him by the arm
The chief said "I've come for you" and Bil said "Now, this won't do
Because Bill Camble never was my name"

He's in the jailhouse now, he's in the jailhouse now
Oh yes, he broke out and all over town the fool walked about
He's in the jailhouse now

Then I met Bill's old gal Sadie and she said "Have you seen my baby?"
And I told her he was down town in the can
Litlle Sadie she started fussin', she went down to the jailhouse a-cussin'
She sais "I come down here to get my man."