Southern Casey Jones

歌詞

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 from your Daddy's death Lord, your Daddy's death, from your Daddy's death You'll get money from 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"