Jailhouse Creole
Elvis Presley 1957
  (ESP 1162)   Elmer Sheffield, Jr.
 
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OPENER - MIDDLE BREAK - CLOSER    Basic - SSD Week 4

Sides face, grand square
The warden threw a party in the county jail
The prison band was there and they began to wail
The band was jumpin' and the joint did swing
You should've heard them locked-up jailbirds sing
4 ladies promenade inside that 'ol ring
Swing your girl and promenade I sing
Everybody in the whole cell block
Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

ALTERNATE LYRICS

*There's a man down in New Orleans
Plays rock and roll like you never seen
A big guitar and a great big soul
Goes by the name of King Creole

*He sings a little song 'bout a crawdad hole
Sings a little song about a jelly roll
Sings a little song about pork and greens
Sings a little blues 'bout New Orleans

FIGURE    Mainstream, corner progression

Heads square thru in the middle and get 4 hands around now
To the corner girl, you dosado
Swing thru tonight and let the boy run right
and you bend 'ol line, boy walk, girl dodge
Scoot back now...scoot back now
Swing the corner girl and promenade her somehow
Everybody in the whole cell block
Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

TAG

Everybody in that ol' cell block
They were dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
Data page: https://www.ceder.net/recorddb/viewsingle.php?RecordId=16152
Cue sheet: https://www.ceder.net/recorddb/cuesheet.php?RecordId=16152
Lyrics:    https://www.ceder.net/recorddb/lyrics.php?LyricsId=573