p. 256
Alternate Title: 
Open up the jailhouse door
First Line: 
The jailhouse, the jailhouse it is an awful place

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About the Song

This song was included in a small songbook put out by Malvina in the late 1940's. She never recorded the song. It certainly is as true today as it was when first written. See also Anne Feeney's song "Have You Been to Jail for Justice" on page 255 of Rise Again and Malvina's "It Isn't Nice" on page 61 of Rise Up Singing.