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00:00 (audience applauding)
00:01 - I believe I hear a train.
00:03 Do I hear a train coming?
00:05 Yeah.
00:07 Well, I wanna tell you a story
00:08 before I go about Casey Jones.
00:10 Casey Jones made a run from Memphis, Tennessee
00:14 to Jackson, Mississippi, one cold, rainy winter night.
00:18 1900 it was, and this is what happened.
00:22 (upbeat music)
00:24 ♪ Come all you rounders if you wanna hear ♪
00:29 ♪ A story about a brave engineer ♪
00:32 ♪ Casey Jones was a roller's name ♪
00:35 ♪ On a six-seater wheel a boy's he rode to fame ♪
00:40 ♪ Well, the caller called Casey 'bout a half-past four ♪
00:45 ♪ Kissed his wife at the station door ♪
00:48 ♪ Climbed in the cabin with his orders in his hand ♪
00:51 ♪ Said this is my trip to the promised land ♪
00:54 ♪ Casey Jones mounted to the cabin ♪
00:58 ♪ Casey Jones, orders in his hand ♪
01:01 ♪ Casey Jones leaning out the window ♪
01:04 ♪ Taking a trip to the promised land ♪
01:09 ♪ Right through South Memphis, yards on the fly ♪
01:13 ♪ Rain been a-falling and the water was high ♪
01:16 ♪ Everybody knew by the engine's moan ♪
01:20 ♪ The man at the throttle was Casey Jones ♪
01:23 ♪ Casey Jones mounted to the cabin ♪
01:26 ♪ Casey Jones, orders in his hand ♪
01:30 ♪ Casey Jones leaning out the window ♪
01:33 ♪ Taking a trip to the promised land ♪
01:38 ♪ With a hand on the whistle and a hand on the brake ♪
01:41 ♪ Old Mississippi was wide awake ♪
01:45 ♪ The IC Railroad officials said ♪
01:49 ♪ Yes, the Illinois Central Railroad officials ♪
01:51 ♪ Officially said ♪
01:53 ♪ He's a good engineer to be a-laying dead ♪
01:58 ♪ Oh, the headaches and heartaches and all kind of pain ♪
02:06 ♪ They were all a part of the railroad train ♪
02:11 ♪ The sweat and the toil and the good and the grand ♪
02:15 ♪ Were all part of the life of a railroad man ♪
02:20 'Railroad man' ♪
02:25 ♪ Railroad man ♪
02:30 (audience applauding)
02:34 ♪ And now looky on the comin' ♪
02:49 ♪ Comin' down that railroad track ♪
02:51 ♪ Wishin' looky on the comin' ♪
02:53 ♪ Comin' down that railroad track ♪
02:56 ♪ That's that orange blossom special ♪
02:58 ♪ Bringin' my baby back ♪
03:01 (upbeat music)
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03:42 ♪ Well, I'm goin' down to Florida ♪
03:44 ♪ Get some sand in my shoes ♪
03:46 ♪ I'm gonna go to California ♪
03:48 ♪ Get some sand in my shoes ♪
03:51 ♪ Ridin' that orange blossom special ♪
03:53 ♪ To see his New York blues ♪
03:57 (upbeat music)
03:59 (upbeat music)
04:02 ♪ I was just hangin' around the train station ♪
04:26 ♪ Around the switch yards ♪
04:27 ♪ And the man with the badge and the gun ♪
04:29 ♪ A railroad detective ♪
04:31 ♪ Come up to me and said ♪
04:32 ♪ Hey, what are you hangin' around here for ♪
04:35 ♪ And I said ♪
04:36 ♪ For whatever's goin' around ♪
04:39 ♪ I'll have some ♪
04:40 ♪ I don't care ♪
04:41 ♪ But who died, who died, who died, who died ♪
04:43 ♪ Who died, who died ♪
04:45 ♪ Hey, you talk about a ramblin' ♪
04:48 ♪ She's the fastest train on the line ♪
04:51 ♪ You talk about a ramblin' ♪
04:54 ♪ She's the fastest train on the line ♪
04:57 ♪ That's that orange blossom special ♪
05:01 ♪ Rollin' down the seaboard line ♪
05:05 (upbeat music)
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05:42 (crowd cheering)