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Talking Casey
Mississippi John Hurt
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Casey Jones was a brave engineer
When he first went out on the road
His wife didn't want him to go
He sittin' up there in the cab the day they made the raid
She felt that something might go wrong
She called him, somethin' like this
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"Casey, don't leave me here
Casey Jones, please don't leave me here"
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Little children commenced hollerin' and cryin'
"Daddy, don't leave us here"
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"Daddy, daddy, don't leave us here"
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He couldn't stand that, hollerin' and cryin'
He told the fireman, he said, "Get the bell, let's go"
And I heard the bell, something like this
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Wife's still cryin'
"And don't leave me here
Casey Jones, please don't leave me here"
Shortly after that, I heard him
His drive wheels jumpin' the railroad joints
Somethin' like this, he was gone
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He runned up on sheep, some sheep
Blowed for 'em to get off the track
But they wouldn't get off, he had to stop his train
Made him sorta mad too
I heard him when he's cuttin' down
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He's blowin' somethin' like this
For the sheep to get off the track
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After he got the sheep off the track he
Had to stop and run 'em off, he
Commenced cursin', here's what he said
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You know what he said?
He's just like and he says
"Hot damn them sheep
Hot damn them sheep"
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"Don't leave me here
Casey Jones, please don't leave me here"
After that
Throwin' him a little behind time
Looked like them drive wheels tryin' to
Catch up with them little truck wheels
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They all got scared, thought he's gonna make a wreck
Which he did
One good Christian lady commenced singin'
"Lord have mercy, save me, Lord"
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Oh, Lord, have mercy, oh, Lord
Lord, have mercy, save me, Lord
Oh, Lord, and don't leave me
Oh, Lord
Oh, Lord, don't leave me
Save me, Lord
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