Lyrics: Traditional
Music: Traditional
Robert Hunter sang this fragment in 1978 leading into a short version
of Worried Man Blues:
Paul and Silas bound in jail, all night longThe David Nelson Band sang a longer version in 2011:
One for the singing and the other for the praying, all night long
Paul and Silas bound in jail, all night long
Good Lord deliver poor me
Chorus
Paul and Silas bound in jail, all night long
Paul and Silas bound in jail, all night long
Paul and Silas bound in jail, all night long
Who shall deliver poor me
That old jailhouse reeled and rocked, all night long
That old jailhouse reeled and rocked, all night long
That old jailhouse reeled and rocked, all night long
Who shall deliver poor me
[chorus]
The Hebrew children in the fiery furnace, all night long
The Hebrew children in the fiery furnace, all night long
The Hebrew children in the fiery furnace, all night long
Who shall deliver poor me
[chorus]
The Lord delivered Daniel from the lion's den, all night long
The Lord delivered Daniel from the lion's den, all night long
The Lord delivered Daniel from the lion's den, all night long
Who shall deliver poor me
[chorus]
That old jailhouse reeled and rocked, all night long
That old jailhouse reeled and rocked, all night long
That old jailhouse reeled and rocked, all night long
Who shall deliver poor me
Paul and Silas bound in jail, all night long
Who shall deliver poor me