Southern Casey Jones - Various Artists
I heard that people say casey jones can't run
I'm gon' tell you what the poor boy done
He left cincinnati about half past nine
Got to newport news fore dinner time
Fore dinner time
That's 'fore dinner time
Got to newport news
Fore dinner time
Now casey jones said before he died
He'd fix the road so a bum could ride
And if he ride he had to ride the rod
Rest his heart in the hand of god
Hand of god
In the hand of god
Had to rest his heart
In the hand of god
Now little girl said mama is that a fact
Papa got killed on the ic track
Yes yes honey but hold your breath
Get that money from your daddy's death
From your daddy's death
From your daddy's death
You'll get money your daddy's death
Lord your daddy's death
From your daddy's death
You'll get money your daddy's death
When the news reached town casey jones was dead
Women went home and now they're 'round in red
Slippin' and slidin' all across the streets
With the loose mother hubbard and the stockin' feets
Stockin' feet
Stockin' feet
The loose mother hubbards and the stockin' feet
Now casey jones went from place to place
Nother train hit his train right in the face
People got off but casey jones stayed on
Natch'l born eastman but he's dead and gone
Dead and gone
He's dead and gone
He's a natch'l born eastman but he's dead and gone
Here come the biggest boy comin' right from school
Hollerin' and cryin' like a doggone fool
Look here mama now that papa's dead
Womens goin' home and now they're 'round in red
No good shoes and thei' evenin' gown
Followin' papa to this buryin' ground
To this buryin' ground
To the buryin' ground
Followin' papa down to the buryin' ground
Now tell the truth mama you say is that a
Fact
Papa got killed on that ic track
Quit cryin' boy and don't do that
You've got another daddy on the same damn track
On that same track
On the same track
Say you've got another daddy on the same track