Casey Jones - Tom Rush

Miss Casey said she dreamt a dream

The night she bought her sewing machine.

The needle got broke and she could not sew.

Loved Mister Casey 'cause she told me so.

…Told me so…

…Told me so…

She loved Mister Casey 'cause she told me so.

Now Monday morning, at four o’clock.

Casey told his fireman get the boilers hot.

Put on your water, put on your coal,

Put your head out the window, see my driver wheel roll

…See my driver wheel roll…

Put your head out the window, see my drive wheel roll.

Some people goin' a tell ya Casey Jones can’t run.

Let me tell you what Casey done.

He left Memphis, was a quarter to nine.

Got to Newport News ‘fore dinner time

…"Fore was dinner time…

Got to Newport News, ‘fore dinner time.

Hey look a yonder comin' down that line

It’s the 109 tryin' to make some time

You can tell by the way that the whistle moans

The man at the throttle that’s Casey Jones

That’s Casey Jones

That’s Casey Jones

The man at the throttle that’s Casey Jones

Now Monday mornin' at six o’clock.

Casey’s engine began to reel and rock

Casey told the fireman «Keep yourself hid

We gonna shake it like Chaney did»

Like Chaney did

Like Chaney did

We gonna shake it like Chaney did

Hey look a yonder waitin' down that line

Ten little children on the doorstep cryin'

Momma Momma can’t keep from cryin'

Poppa got killed on the central line

On the central line

On the central line

Poppa got killed on the central line

Now Monday mornin' come a shower of rain

'Round the curve come a passenger train

Tipped his brake, blew his horn

He’s a good engineer but he’s dead and gone

He’s dead and gone

He’s dead and gone

He’s a good engineer but he’s dead and gone

And Miss Casey said she dreamt a dream

The night she bought her sewing machine.

The needle got broke and she could not sew.

Loved Mister Casey 'cause she told me so.

…Told me so…

…Told me so…

She loved Mister Casey 'cause she told me so.