Casey Jones was a great engineer
Call for his fireman tonight you will hear
All I need is my water and my coal
Look out the window, see a track wheel roll
One Sunday morning, low chiming bell
Round the curve come a passenger train
In the cabin stood Casey Jones
Noble engineer, but he's dead and gone
Missus Casey, when she heard the news
Sitting by her bedside, she was lacing up her shoes
"Children, children, now hold your breath
You will draw a pension at your daddy's death"
"Children, children, now get your hat"
"Tell me, mama, what do you mean by that?"
"Get your hat, put it on your head
Go down in town, see your daddy is dead"
Casey said just before he died
"Fix the blinds so that the bums can't ride
If they ride, let them ride their wrong
Put their trust in the hand of God"
Casey said just before he died
"Two more roads that I want to ride"
People said, "What roads can they be?"
"Cool Colorado and the Santa Fe"
Uh, at the risk of being repetitious, why don't
We do something else from the key of B here?
Now, now, kids, don't fight
Oh, wait a minute
Shut up!
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