摇滚歌曲：猫王(elvis presley)经典歌曲 jailhouse rock

　　(words & music by jerry leiber - mike stoller)

The warden¹ threw a party in the county jail.

The prison band was there and they began to wail².

The band was jumpin and the joint³ began to swing.

You shouldve heard those knocked out jailbirds sing.

Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.

Everybody in the whole cell block

Was dancin to the jailhouse rock.

Spider murphy played the tenor⁴ saxophone,

Little joe was blowin on the slide trombone.

The drummer boy from illinois went crash, boom, bang,

The whole rhythm section was the purple gang.

Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.

Everybody in the whole cell block

Was dancin to the jailhouse rock.

Number forty-seven said to number three:

Youre the cutest jailbird I ever did see.

I sure would be delighted with your company,

Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me.

Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.

Everybody in the whole cell block

Was dancin to the jailhouse rock.

The sad sack was a sittin on a block of stone

Way over in the corner weepin all alone.

The warden said, hey, buddy⁵, dont you be no square.

If you cant⁶ find a partner use a wooden chair.

Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.

Everybody in the whole cell block

Was dancin to the jailhouse rock.

Shifty henry said to bugs⁷, for heavens sake,

No ones lookin, nows our chance to make a break.

Bugsy turned to shifty and he said, nix nix,

I wanna stick around a while and get my kicks.

Lets rock, everybody, lets rock.

Everybody in the whole cell block

Was dancin to the jailhouse rock.

1 warden   

n.监察员，监狱长，看守人，监护人

参考例句：

• He is the warden of an old people's home.他是一家养老院的管理员。
• The warden of the prison signed the release.监狱长签发释放令。

2 wail   

vt./vi.大声哀号，恸哭；呼啸，尖啸

参考例句：

• Somewhere in the audience an old woman's voice began plaintive wail.观众席里，一位老太太伤心地哭起来。
• One of the small children began to wail with terror.小孩中的一个吓得大哭起来。

3 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

4 tenor   

n.男高音（歌手），次中音（乐器），要旨，大意

参考例句：

• The tenor of his speech was that war would come.他讲话的大意是战争将要发生。
• The four parts in singing are soprano,alto,tenor and bass.唱歌的四个声部是女高音、女低音、男高音和男低音。

5 buddy   

n.（美口）密友，伙伴

参考例句：

• Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
• Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！

6 cant   

n.斜穿，黑话，猛扔

参考例句：

• The ship took on a dangerous cant to port.船只出现向左舷危险倾斜。
• He knows thieves'cant.他懂盗贼的黑话。

7 bugs   

adj.疯狂的，发疯的n.窃听器( bug的名词复数 )；病菌；虫子；[计算机]（制作软件程序所产生的意料不到的）错误

参考例句：

• All programs have bugs and need endless refinement. 所有的程序都有漏洞，都需要不断改进。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里长满了虫子。 来自《简明英汉词典》