Casey Jones Was His Name Hank Snow []A long time ago in a town in Tennessee There lived a man and he was[]great as he could[]be []By the sweat of his brow he[]earned fortune and fame []Casey Jones was his[]name From Memphis, Tennessee on that Cannonball Express By the wining of the whistle you could tell him from the[]rest Past the old plantations with their cotton and cane []Casey Jones was his[]name Chorus []Clickety-clack, clickety-clack over the rails he'd go Clickety-clack, clickety-clack[]braving rain and[]snow []Ev'ryone knew three-eighty-[]two was his train []Casey Jones was his[]name Chorus:Instrumental []Runnin' late thru Sardis past Winona on the fly Like lightnin' chasin' thunder[]thru the stairways of the[]sky []When we heard his engine moanin' []and the story is claimed []Casey Jones was his[]name []Then on that fatal night he made his final run Near Vaughan, Mississippi []he knew his time had come []Too late he saw the head of[]an old freight train []Now a legend, Casey Jones was his[]name (Repeat chorus)