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The Ballad of Casey Jones

Grateful Dead
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Casey Jones was a great engineer Call for his fireman tonight you will hear All I need is my water and my coal Look out the window, see a track wheel roll One Sunday morning, low chiming bell Round the curve come a passenger train In the cabin stood Casey Jones Noble engineer, but he's dead and gone Missus Casey, when she heard the news Sitting by her bedside, she was lacing up her shoes "Children, children, now hold your breath You will draw a pension at your daddy's death" "Children, children, now get your hat" "Tell me, mama, what do you mean by that?" "Get your hat, put it on your head Go down in town, see your daddy is dead" Casey said just before he died "Fix the blinds so that the bums can't ride If they ride, let them ride their wrong Put their trust in the hand of God" Casey said just before he died "Two more roads that I want to ride" People said, "What roads can they be?" "Cool Colorado and the Santa Fe" Uh, at the risk of being repetitious, why don't We do something else from the key of B here? Now, now, kids, don't fight Oh, wait a minute Shut up!