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by Snow Hank


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)