The Ballad of Casey Jones

The Ballad of Casey Jones is a traditional song about real-life American railroad worker, Casey Jones, centered on his legacy about the train he was driving before his death. In Disney, it was featured in the 1950 animated Disney short, The Brave Engineer where the aforementioned song plays throughout the aforementioned short, where it serves as the signature song.
==Lyrics==
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First verse=
Chorus: Come all, you rounders if you want to hear
A story all about a brave engineer
Casey Jones was the rounder's name
On a high right wheeler, he won his fame
Casey Jones, Casey Jones
Casey Jones, are you ready?
(toot toot)
Ready to start for the western land
Out of the junction on the fly
Casey had that look in his eye
The brakeman knew by the engine's moan
The man at the throttle was Casey Jones
Casey Jo-o-o-o-o-o-o-nes
|-|Second verse=
The rain was coming down five or six weeks
The railroad track was like the bed of a creek
It slowed him down to a ten-mile gait
And it made the western mail exactly eight hours late
Casey Jones, plowin' through the water
Casey Jones, sluggin' through the mud
Casey Jones, plowin' through the... Ahh-Ahh-Achoo!
|-|Third verse=
Hours behind, there isn't time to fret
Keep knocking at the fire door
Don't give up yet
You gotta keep a schedule
Oh, you gotta keep a schedule
Oh, you better look out, Casey
(pause)
Make up schedule, do not fail
Gotta get to Frisco with the western mail
Gotta get to Frisco, gotta get to Frisco (2x)
|-|Fourth verse=
Chorus: Casey knew that he was running too fast
He ran through the signal last station past
He says, "I believe we're gonna make it through,
'Cause she steams a lot better than I ever knew"
|-|Fifth verse=
Casey came a runnin' up the Reno hill
He tooted on his whistle with a long, long shrill
Whoo whoo whoo-ooh
He opened up his throttle just as far as she'd go
Just how fast he was a-steamin', we will never know...
(instrumental)
Round the curve and down the hump,
Two trains gonna bump!
(instrumental)
Better jump, you're gonna be dead!
|-|Sixth verse=
Headaches and heartaches and all kinds of pain
They're just a part of the railroad game
Stories of brave men, noble and grand
Belong to the life of a railroad man
Casey Jones, is he gonna make it?
Casey Jones, what a trip
Casey Jones, well, he knew his duty
And he finally went west with the western mail
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==External links==
*The Ballad of Casey Jones on Wikipedia.
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