[00:04.43]Now this here's the story about the Rock Island Line
[00:08.29]Well, the Rock Island Line she runs down into New Orleans
[00:12.39]There's a big toll-gate down there
[00:13.95]And you know when you got certain things on board
[00:15.79]When you go through the toll-gate
[00:17.60]Well, you don't have to pay the man no toll
[00:20.61]Well, a traindriver, he pulled up to the toll-gate
[00:22.95]And the man hollered nicely what all he had on board
[00:25.28]And he said
[00:26.82]"I got live stock, I got live stock
[00:30.88]I got cows, I got pigs, I got sheep
[00:33.60]I got mules, I got all live stock
[00:41.07]Well, they said, you're all right boy"
[00:43.12]You don't have to pay no toll
[00:44.32]You just go right on through
[00:45.53]So, he went on through the toll-gate
[00:48.85]And as he went through
[00:49.80]He started pickin' up a little bit of speed
[00:53.96]Pickin' up a little bit of steam
[01:00.04]He got on through and he turned to look back at the man
[01:01.94]And he said
[01:04.34]"Well, I fooled you, I fooled you
[01:06.40]I got pig iron, I got pig iron
[01:08.29]I got all pig iron
[01:11.30]Down the Rock Island Line, she's a might good road"
[01:13.81]Rock Island Line it's the road to ride
[01:15.75]Rock Island Line is a mighty good road
[01:17.46]Well, if you ride it you gotta ride it like you find it
[01:19.42]Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line
[01:22.68]Oh, cloudy in the west and it looks like rain
[01:24.73]Around the curve comes a passenger train
[01:26.94]Northbound train on a southbound track
[01:28.89]He's already leaving, but he won't be back
[01:30.70]Well, the Rock Island Line, she's a might good road
[01:32.85]Rock Island Line it's the road to ride
[01:34.70]Rock Island Line is a mighty good road
[01:36.49]Well, if you ride it you gotta ride it like you find it
[01:38.45]Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line
[01:41.86]Oh, I may be right and I may be wrong
[01:43.92]But you're gonna miss me when I'm gone
[01:47.12]Well, the engineer said before he died
[01:49.16]There are two more drinks that he'd like to try
[01:51.32]The doctor said, what could they be
[01:53.22]A hot cup of coffee and a cold glass of tea
[01:55.07]Well, the Rock Island Line, she's a might good road
[01:57.18]Rock Island Line it's the road to ride
[01:59.09]Rock Island Line is a mighty good road
[02:00.90]Well, if you ride it you gotta ride it like you find it
[02:02.85]Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line