The Ballad of Casey McPhee

thumb|300px|Cookie Monster in "The Ballad of Casey McPhee."
"The Ballad of Casey McPhee" is a Sesame Street song about a train engineer named Casey McPhee. Performed by a Lavender Anything Muppet balladeer (played by Jerry Nelson), the song is loosely inspired by "The Ballad of Casey Jones."
Casey, who is portrayed by Cookie Monster, is entrusted with the job of delivering cookies, milk, ice cream and a tanker of "chocolate goo" to children's parties on the other side of the mountain. When an avalanche blocks the train tracks, Casey fights the urge to munch on his delectable cargo and instead eats the snow in his path, delivers the desserts and is declared a hero. 
Cookie Monster reprised the role of Casey McPhee in The Sesame Street ABC Book of Words and The Perils of Penelope, and has driven trains on other occasions.
==Notes==
* In addition to composing, Joe Raposo provides backing vocals as well.
* Producer Robert Cunniff was directly involved in the production of The Ballad, according to online comments by a relative:
* The last few seconds of the song (minus vocals) were used as a musical tag for a few street scenes, specifically in episodes 2030, 2049, and 2461.
==Releases==
;Audio
*C is for Cookie (LP) (1974)
*The Best of Cookie Monster (1983)
*Cookie Monster and Grover: True Blue (1990)
*Cheep Thrills (1994)
*C is for Cookie (1995)
*Platinum Too (1997)
*C is for Cookie! (2018)
;Video
*Kids' Favorite Country Songs (2007, new sound effects added and avalanche scene shortened)
==See also==
* Cookie Monster songs
==Sources==
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Category:Sesame Street Songs
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