Come all you rounders if you want to hear
The story about a brave engineer
Casey Jones was the hogger's name
On a four-six wheeler boys
He won his fame

The caller called Casey at half-past four
He kissed his wife at the station door
Mounted to his cabin with his orders in his hand
And he took his farewell trip to the promised land

Casey Jones! Mounted to his cabin
Casey Jones! With his orders in his hand
Casey Jones! Mounted to his cabin
He took his farewell trip to the promised land

He pulled out of Memphis in midnight's dark chill
He whistled at the crossing with an awful shrill
The snakes all knew by the engine's moan
That the man at the throttle was the good Casey Jones

He looked at his watch, but his watch it was slow
He looked at the water, but the water was low
He turned to his fireman and this is what he said,
"We'll make it to Canton, but we'll all end up dead!"

Casey Jones! We'll make it to Canton
Casey Jones! But we'll end up dead
Casey Jones! We'll make it to Canton
We'll make it to Canton but we'll all end up dead

So pour on you water and shovel your coal
Stick your head on the window watch them drivin' wheels roll
"I'll run this train straight off of the rail
'Cause we're two hours late with the western mail!"

Casey pulled up about a mile from Vaughan place
With the Number Four engine starin' him right in the face
He called to his fireman, "Sim, you better jump!
'Cause there's two locomotives that's a-going to bump!"

Casey Jones! Two locomotives
Casey Jones! That's a-going to bump
Casey Jones! Two locomotives
There's two locomotives that's a going to bump

At the edge of the tender Sim crouched down low
He called back to Casey, "It's time to go!"
But the last thing he saw when he leapt from the side
Was Casey at the whistle with the break open wide

Next morning Sim woke in a hospital bed
They told him that Casey was the only one dead
Crew members, passengers, children and wives,
Those six chimes of warning saved all their lives

Casey Jones! Six chimes of warning
Casey Jones! Saved all their lives
Casey Jones! Six chimes of warning
Those six chimes of warning saved all their lives

Casey Jones! Mounted to his cabin
Casey Jones! With his orders in his hand
Casey Jones! Mounted to his cabin
He took his farewell trip to the promised land