Casey Jones

<p>[Verse]<br/>Come all you rounders if you want to hear the story about a brave engineer<br/>Casey Jones was the roller&#x27;s name on a 68 wheeler course he won his fame<br/>Caller called Casey about half past four he kissed his wife at the station door<br/>He climbed in the cabin with his orders in his hand<br/>Said this is the trip to the Promised Land<span><br/>Casey Jones climbed in the cabin Casey Jones orders in his hand<br/>Casey Jones leaning out the window taking a trip to the Promised Land<br/>Through South Memphis Yards on a fly rain been a falling and the water was high<br/>Everybody knew by the engine&#x27;s moan that the man at the throttle was Casey Jones<br/>Well Jones said fireman now don&#x27;t you fret Sam Webb said we are not a giving up yet<br/>We are eight hours late with the southbound mail<br/>We&#x27;ll be on time or we are leaving the rails<br/>Casey Jones climbed in the cabin<br/>Dead on the rail was a passenger train blood was a boiling in Casey&#x27;s brain<br/>Casey said hey now look out ahead jump Sam jump or we&#x27;ll all be dead<br/>With a hand on a whistle and a hand on a brake<span> north Mississippi was wide awake<span><br/>I see railroad official said he&#x27;s a good engineer to be a laying dead<br/>Casey Jones climbed in the cabin<br/>Headaches and heartaches and all kinds of pain all the part of a railroad train<br/>Sweat and toil the good and the grand part of the life of a railroad man<br/>Casey Jones climbed in the cabin