In The Jailhouse Now Lyrics

I had a friend named Campbell
Used to rob, steal, and gamble
He tried ev'rything that was lowdown
He was out Tom catting one night
When he started a big fight
And a big policemen came and knocked him down

He's in the jailhouse now
I told him over again to quit drinkin' whiskey
Lay off of that gin
He's in the Jailhouse now

Campbell broke jail one day
Decided he'd go away
But the police met him after a train
The cup says: I've come for you
Campbell says that this won't do
Because Campbell never was my name

He's in the jailhouse now
Yes, people come all over town
That he walked about
He's in the jailhouse now

I met his old gal Sadie
She said: Have you seen my baby?
I told her he was downtown in the camp
She went down to the jail just to go his bail
She said: I've come down here to get my man

She's in the jailhouse now
So you can understand
Why old kids say this in the camp
She's in the jailhouse now