Casey Jones

Come on your honors if you want to hear
Story about a brave engineer
Cassie Jones was a 'round up man
On a six-eight wheeler, well, he won his fame

Call, call Cassie at half past four
Kissed his wife at the station door
He mounted to the cabin with his order in his hand
Takin' farewell trip to the promised land
Mounted to the cabin
Cassie Jones
Takin' a farewell trip to the promised land

Cassie said just before he died
"Fix all the cars so the bums can ride
After you ride, you got to ride the rod
Put your hopes in Jesus and your trust in God"

Haul in your water, shovel in your coal
Stick your head out the window, watch the driver roll
Gon' run this train 'til it leave the rail
'Cause the mail I was laid was the Western Mail
Cassie Jones
Cassie Jones

When Cassie was goin' up the Reno hill
He blowed for the crossing, made an awful thrill
Switch was known by the engine moan
Man at the throttle must be Cassie Jones

Looked at his watch and his watch was slow
Looked at the water and the water was low
He turned to the foreman and then he said
"We will fix the rope or we'll all be dead"
Cassie Jones
Cassie Jones
Took a farewell trip to the promised land

When he died he went to heaven from here
Told Saint Peter he's a brave engineer
Saint Peter said, "Cassie, cause you're brave in the war
I'm gonna send you down yonder where you can shovel coal"