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