Casey Jones Lyrics

The song Casey Jones is performed by Pete Seeger in the album named American Industrial Ballads in the year 1992 .



Casey Jones

Come all you rounders
If you want to hear
The story of a brave engineer
Casey Jones
Was the rounders name
On the big six wheeler
Boys he made his fame

Well the caller called Casey
bout half past four
He kissed his wife
At the station door
He stepped into the cabin
With the orders in his hand
Said Im gonna to take my trip
To the promised land

Casey Jones
Stepped into the cabin
Casey Jones
Orders in his hand
Casey Jones
Stepped into the cabin
Said Im gonna to take my trip
To the promised land

He looked at the water and
The water was low
He looked at his watch
His watch was slow
He looked at the fireman
The fire and said
Boy were gonna reach Bristol
But well all be dead

Casey pulled up
That Reno hill
He blew at the crossing
With an awful shrill
The switchman knew
By the engines moan
That the man at the throttle
Was Casey Jones

Casey got to that certain place
Old Number Nine
Stared him straight in the face
He said to the fireman
Boy, youd better jump
Cause there are 2 locomotives
And theyre bound to bump

Casey Jones
Two locomotives
Casey Jones
And theyre bound to bump
Casey Jones
Two locomotives
Two locomotives
And theyre bound to bump

Well, Mrs. Casey Jones
She sat there on the bed
She got the telegram
That her poor husband was dead
She said Go to bed children
And hush your cryin
You got another poppa
on the Salt Lakeline

Casey Jones
Got another poppa
Casey Jones
On the Salt Lake Line
Casey Jones
Got another poppa
You got another poppa
On the Salt Lake Line



Pete Seeger - American Industrial Ballads

Jul 1992

  1. Peg and Awl
  2. The Blind Fiddler
  3. The Buffalo Skinners
  4. Eight-Hour Day
  5. Hard Times in the Mill
  6. Roll Down the Line
  7. Hayseed Like Me
  8. The Farmer is the Man
  9. Come All You Hardy Miners
  10. He Lies in the American Land
  11. Casey Jones
  12. Let Them Wear Their Watches
  13. Cotton Mill Colic
  14. Seven Cent Cotton and Forty Cent Meat
  15. Mill Mother's Lament
  16. Fare Ye Well, Old Ely Branch
  17. Beans, Bacon, and Gravy
  18. The Death of Harry Simms
  19. Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
  20. Ballad of Barney Graham
  21. My Children are Seven in Number
  22. Raggedy
  23. Pittsburgh Town
  24. Sixty Per Cent

Casey Jones