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Casey Jones

from Before the Ice Melts by Max Godfrey

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Down in Atlanta, way back when,
Sold bootleg liquor to the railroad men,
Every other morning, half past two,
I’d sell Casey a pint as he was passing through.

I was selling my gin and selling it straight,
Police run me to my best friend’s gate,
But he locked his door and said begone,
Y’already done wore out my best futon.

Shuffled off down Decatur street, where
Sirens blared, dogs gnashed their teeth,
Knew right then I had to leave my home,
And I heard old Casey he was blowin’ his horn,

Casey asked me “but what would you do?”
Said shovel coal do what bootleggers do,
Can’t buy no ticket but like as not, I can
Keep you good ‘n drunk and get this boiler hot.

Well the conductor hollered hello,
I stuck my head out the window, hollered all aboard,
People tell by the throttle moan,
The man at the throttle was Casey Jones.
He’s on the road again…
Wild engineer on the road again.

He drove that train at a hell of a pace,
Til number four stared right in our face,
Casey looked at me said you’d better jump,
These two engines is about to bump.

He took one more drink and began to grin,
Said when you tell my wife disremember this gin,
Casey blew his whistle, shook my hand
and Took a farewell trip to the promised land.

Casey’s wife she dreamt a dream,
The night she bought a sewing machine,
Needle got broke, lord, could not sew,
She loved Mr. Casey and she told me so.
Told me so…
Loved Mr. Casey and she told me so
But he’s dead and gone…
Wild engineer and he’s dead and gone.

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from Before the Ice Melts, released January 23, 2017
Based on Furry Lewis's rendition of the song.

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