Rock Island Line

[00:04.98] Now this here's a story about the Rock Island Line
[00:08.93] Well, the Rock Island Line, she runs down into New Orleans
[00:12.96] There's a big tollgate down there and you know
[00:14.80] If you got certain things on board when you go through the tollgate
[00:18.07] Well, you don't have to pay the man no toll
[00:21.08] Well, a train driver he pulled up to the tollgate
[00:23.71] And a man hollered and asked him what all he had on board and said
[00:27.77] I got livestock
[00:29.50] I got livestock
[00:31.25] I got cows
[00:32.44] I got pigs
[00:33.15] I got sheep
[00:33.97] I got mules
[00:35.07] I got all live stock
[00:41.54] Well, he said, "You alright boy? You don't have to pay no toll
[00:45.07] You can just go right on through," so, he went on through the tollgate
[00:49.37] And as he went through, he started pickin' up a little bit of speed
[00:54.48] Pickin' up a little bit of steam
[01:00.43] He got on through, he turned and looked back at the man, he said
[01:04.93] Well, I fooled you
[01:06.18] I fooled you
[01:07.06] I got pig iron
[01:07.52] I got pig iron
[01:08.87] I got old pig iron
[01:11.82] Down the Rock Island Line, she's a mighty good road
[01:14.06] Rock Island Line, it's the road to ride
[01:15.90] Rock Island Line, it's a mighty good road
[01:17.87] Well, if you ride it, you got to ride it like you find it
[01:19.93] Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line
[01:23.26] Looked cloudy in the west and it looked like rain
[01:25.66] Round the curve came a passenger train
[01:27.51] North bound train on a southbound track
[01:29.19] He's alright a leavin', but he won't be back
[01:31.03] Well, the Rock Island Line, she's a mighty good road
[01:33.02] Rock Island Line, it's the road to ride
[01:35.17] Rock Island Line, it's a mighty good road
[01:37.02] Well, if you ride it, you got to ride it like you find it
[01:38.83] Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line
[01:42.24] Oh, I may be right and I may be wrong
[01:44.13] But you're gonna miss me when I'm gone
[01:47.69] Well, the engineer said before he died
[01:49.59] There were two more drinks that he'd like to try
[01:51.79] The conductor said, "What could they be?"
[01:53.36] A hot cup of coffee and a cold glass of tea
[01:55.56] Well, the Rock Island Line, she's a mighty good road
[01:57.93] Rock Island Line, it's the road to ride
[01:59.54] Rock Island Line, it's a mighty good road
[02:01.24] Well, if you ride it, you got to ride it like you find it
[02:03.12] Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line
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