The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith
with the community of mankind. Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim
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OUR SONG - We're in the Jailhouse Now
The Soggy Bottom Boys' (from the film O' Brother Where Art Thou) blood is reputedly 98% black-eyed pea juice, but the best rendition of this song for those who like yodeling is from "The Singing Brakeman" Jimmie Rodgers. It's above. Here are the lyrics that the Soggy Bottom Boys sing in their YouTube clip:
I had a friend named Ramblin' Bob / He used to steal, gamble and rob / He thought he was the smartest* guy around / Well I found out last Monday / That Bob got locked up Sunday / They've got him in the jailhouse way down town.
He's in the jail house now / He's in the jail house now / Well I told him once or twice/ To stop* playin' cards and a shootin' dice // He's in the jail house now.
(Yodel)
Bob liked to play his poker / He knuckled with Dan Yoakum/ But shootin' dice was his favorite game / He got throwed in jail / With nobody to go his bail /
The judge done said that he refused a fine.
He's in the jail house now / He's in the jail house now / Well I told him once or twice / To stop** playin' cards and a shootin' dice // He's in the jail house now.
(Yodel)
Well I went out last Tuesday / I met a girl named Susie / I said I was the swellest guy around / Well we started to spending my money / And she started to calling' me honey / We took in every cabaret*** in town.
We're in the jail house now / We're in the jail house now /Well I told that judge right to his face / I don't like to see this place // We're in the jail house now.
(Yodel)
* "slickest" sounds better
** "quit" sounds better
*** "honky-tonk" sounds better
