“Jailhouse Rock”

Performed by Elvis Presley

I. Fill in the missing words by using the clues in parentheses.

The warden _________ (past tense of a verb) a party in the county jail.
The __________ (a synonym of jail) band was there and they began to wail.
The band ______ ____________ (past continuous of “jump”) and the joint began to swing.
You should've _________ (past participle of “hear”) those knocked out jailbirds sing.

Chorus:
Let's rock, everybody, let's rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
______ ___________ (past continuous of “dance”) to the Jailhouse Rock.

II. Use the pictures to fill in the blanks.

Spider Murphy played the tenor ____________

Little Joe was blowin' on the slide ___________.

The _____________ boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang,

the whole rhythm section was the Purple Gang.

III. Listen and number the sentences in the correct order.

_____ I sure would be delighted with your company,

_____ "You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see.
_____ Number forty-seven said to number three:
_____ come on and do the Jailhouse Rock with me."

IV. Listen and fix the errors in this verse.

The sad sack was a sittin' on a rock of stone

way over in the corner cryin’ all alone.
The warden said, "Hey, buddy, don't you be no pair.
If you can't find a partner use a wooden fair."

V. Match the columns.

_____ Shifty Henry said to Bugs, a. and get my kicks."

_____ no one's lookin', b. now's our chance to make a break."
_____ Bugsy turned to Shifty and he said, c. "For Heaven's sake,
_____ I wanna stick around a while d. "Nix nix,