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Thread #106791 Message #2209673
Posted By: Roberto
06-Dec-07 - 02:58 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Southern Casey Jones
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Southern Casey Jones
Thank you. Now I think the text can be set this way:
I heard the people say Casey Jones can't run I'm 'on' tell you what the poor boy done: Left Cincinnati 'bout half past nine Got to Newport News 'fore dinner time 'Fore dinner time, at '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 And rest his heart in the hand of God
Now li'l gal say: "Mama it's that a fact Papa got killed on the I. C. track" "Yes, yes, honey, but hold your breath Git 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 out in red Slipping and sliding across the street With their loose mother-hubbard and their stocking feet Stocking feet, stocking feet Loose mother-hubbard and their stocking feet
Now Casey Jones went from place to place 'Nother train hit his train right in the face People got off, Casey Jones stayed on Nat'al born eastman, but he dead and gone Dead and gone, he's dead and gone He's a nat'al born eastman, but he's dead and gone.
Here come the biggest boy coming right from school Holl'ing and crying like a doggone fool: "Look here, mama, now that papa dead Women go home and now they're out in red No good shoes and their evening gowns Following papa to the burying ground To the burying ground, to the burying ground Following papa down to the burying ground"
"Now tell the truth, mama" he said "it's that a fact Papa got killed on the I. C. track" "Quit crying, boy, and don't do that You've got another daddy on the same durn track On the same track, on the same track Say you've got another daddy on the same track"