My mother's family (The Cranks of Oklahoma) continues to sing this song at our yearly family reunions. We sing a version that starts each verse slowly and speeds up to simulate the rhythm of a train. The chorus is omitted in our family's version of "The Dummy Line." Our version is titled "The Dummy Song."

The Dummy Song

Some folks say that the dummy don't run but don't you believe it.
Some folks say that the dummy don't run but don't you believe it.
Some folkds say that the dummy don't run
But let me tell you what that dummy done done.
It left Sicilania 'bout a half past one
Went around the world before the rising of the sun
In the Hooray
In the Hooray

So I got on the dummy didn't have no fare this morning.
Got on the dummy didn't have no fare this morning.
Got on the dummy didn't have no fare
Conductor says "What you doin' in here
He grabs me by the arm and he drags me to the door
Hits me on the head with a big .44
Oh I ain't gonna ride that dummy no more!
In the morning, in the morning

Where is Sicilania? Please help me out on that one. The family sings other songs that come from around the turn of the century, so perhaps this version is more typical of that time.