Standard (EADGBE)

Verse one

Remember last election,

Everybody was in action,

Tryin to find themselves a president

There was a man named Lawson,

From New York down to Boston,

Representing the colored people we had sent

Verse two

My brother was a voter,

also a great promoter,

goin round givin advice

They'd go to the poll and vote

Instead of voting once he voted twice

Chorus

He's in the jailhouse now

He's in the jailhouse now

 We got him down town in jail

 No one to go his bail

He's in the jailhouse now