The Ballad of Casey Jones
First release by Billy Murray (1910)
- Written by
- Joe Hill
- Originally written by
- [Traditional]
- Publication date
- 1912
- Language
- English
- Adapted from
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The Ballad of Casey Jones written by [Traditional]
- Comments
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The legendary Casey Jones having jumped in for another locomotive driver on strike, Joe Hill set according new lyrics to the existing melody. First published in IWW's "Little Red Songbook", the version has been popular with both unions and the civil rights movement.
The first verse and the chorus go:
The Workers on the S. P. line to strike sent out a call;
But Casey Jones, the engineer, he wouldn't strike at all;
His boiler it was leaking, and its drivers on the bum,
And his engine and its bearings, they were all out of plumb.
Casey Jones kept his junk pile running;
Casey Jones was working double time;
Casey Jones got a wooden medal,
For being good and faithful on the S. P. line. - Published by
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ALPHA FILM MUSIC
BMI
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