Billy Swan Jailhouse Rock/King Creole Lyrics

LEAD:
1, 2, 3, 4,
Here we go, then.

Chorus:
Papapapa pahuparahupa (yeah)
Papapapa pahuparahupa (I like it)
Papapapa pahuparahupa (Sounds good)
Papapapa pahuparahupa
Oooh, oooh,
Papapapa pahuparahupa

LEAD:
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 began to swing.
You should've heard those knocked out jailbirds sing.
Let's rock, (Papapapa pahuparahupa)
Everybody, let's rock. (Papapapa pahuparahupa)
Everybody in the whole cell block (Oooh, oooh)
Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock (Papapapa pahuparahupa)

There's a man in New Orleans
Who plays rock and roll (Paruha)
He's a guitar man
With a great big soul (Paruha)
He lays down a beat
Like a ton of coal (Paruha)
He goes by the name of
King Creole (Paruha)
You know he's gone, gone, gone (Papapapa pahuparahupa)
Jumpin' like a catfish on a pole (Papapapa pahuparahupa)
You know he's gone, gone, gone (Oooh, oooh)
Like a hip shaking King Creole (Papapapa pahuparahupa)

Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone, (Paruha)
Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone. (Paruha)
The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang, (Paruha)
The whole rhythm section was the Purple Gang. (Paruha)
Let's rock, (Papapapa pahuparahupa)
Everybody, let's rock. (Papapapa pahuparahupa)
Everybody in the whole cell block (Oooh, oooh)
Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock (Papapapa pahuparahupa)

Well, he sings a song about a crawdad hole (Papapapa)
He sings a song about a jelly roll (Papapapa)
He sings a song about pork and greens (Papapapa)
He sings some blues 'bout New Orleans (Papapapa)
You know he's gone, gone, gone (Papapapa pahuparahupa)
Jumpin' like a catfish on a pole (Papapapa pahuparahupa)
You know he's gone, gone, gone (Oooh, oooh)
Like a hip shaking King Creole (Papapapa pahuparahupa)

CHORUS:
Papapapa pahuparahupa
Papapapa pahuparahupa
Papapapa pahuparahupa
Papapapa pahuparahupa

Papapapa pahuparahupa
Papapapa pahuparahupa
Papapapa pahu Jailhouse Rock
Jailhouse rock (King Creole)
Jailhouse rock
Jailhouse rock (King Creole)
Jailhouse rock
(To fade)