Furry Lewis must have recorded this song more than once, because I found (via Spotify) a recording that definitely doesn't match the lyrics already posted in this thread.


KASSIE JONES (CASEY JONES)
As recorded by Furry Lewis on "Furry Lewis" (Folkways Records, 1960; Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2004)*

Mrs. Kassie said she dreamt a dream
The night she bought her sewin' machine.
Her needle got broke; she could not sew.
She loved Mister Kassie 'cause she told me so,
Told me so.
She loved Mister Kassie 'cause she told me so.

When Mister Kassie walked out to Nelson Lane,
There were two policemen want to learn his name.
They taken Mister Kassie to the station house.
He's a natural born rounder and they turned him out,
Turned him out.
He's a natural born rounder and they--

I sold my gin; I sold it straight.
The pòlice run me to my woman's gate.
She come to the door; she nod her head.
She said: "Furry, you're welcome to my foldin' bed,
My foldin' bed.
Well, you welcome to my foldin' bed."

Lord, people say: "Kassie, you runnin' overtime.
You gon' have ano'er collusion** with that One-Oh-Nine."
Kassie said this ain't in his mind.
"I will run it in glory 'less I make my time."
Told all the pass'gers: "Better keep y'self hid,
'Cause we gon' shake it like Chaney did,
Like Chaney did.
Lord, we gon' shake it like Chaney did."

When the conductor he holler: "Hello,"
The fireman he holler: "All aboa'd!"
The people tell by the th'ottle moan
The man at the th'ottle Mister Kassie Jones,
Lord, Kassie Jones.

When Kassie come one mornin' 'round the rail,
He said to the people: "I never see you fail.
I'm goin' down 'on' hit this trail,
'Cause I'm eight hours late with this big black trail.
I'm on the road again,
Lord, eight hours late with this big black trail."

On the road again.


* It is also on "Classic Railroad Songs from Smithsonian Folkways" (2006).
** No doubt he meant "collision" but his pronunciation sounds like "collusion."
By the way, although spelling in the title is given as "Kassie," he consistently pronounces it "Casey."