text: Peoria Johnson told Dudlow 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 fish bone
  Theyre serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
  Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
  Theyre serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
  Alright, ah yea, theyre serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
  Oh boy, theyre serving fish in the jailhouse
  Fish in the jailhouse tonight
  Corvina opal eye hammerhead shark
  Steelhead salmon or a mud bank carp
  Ill sand one side dull, Ill whittle the other side sharp
  By Saturday night, Ill be in Central Park
  Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, alright
  Did you hear theyre serving fish in the jailhouse tonight?
  Theyre serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, oh boy
  Theyre serving fish in the jailhouse
  Fish in the jailhouse tonight
  Ask Little Son Jackson or the 44 Kid
  Or Whitfield Faraday what I did
  From Yazoo City down to Rolling Fork
  From Natchez to Kinosha, New Dime to New York
  Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, alright
  Lookee here, theyre serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
  Alright, oh boy, theyre serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
  Theyre serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
  Were serving fish in the jailhouse
  Fish in the jailhouse tonight
  Gimme a nice totuava or a chicken of the sea
  Im gonna fashion me a fishbone skeleton key
  Tell Scullion Childs I wont be late
  You can bet your freedom Im gonna clean my plate
  Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
  Theyre serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
  Theyre serving fish in the jailhouse
  Fish in the jailhouse tonight
  Theyre serving fish in the jailhouse tonight
  Serving fish in the jailhouse tonight, alright