Lost John / Rock Island Line

歌詞

spoken: This is a little medley but together, it's a Song called Lost John and it goes into a little Leadbelly song called the Rock Island Line Which sounds a little somethin' like this, old train song Oh, Lost John walkin' along in the rain Along the track comes a passenger train John made a grab but he never got a hold Left him standin' by the old railroad He's long gone, long gone Long gone, Lost John With no hat on his head and no shoes on his feet He got to beg the women for the bread and the meat Once a woman said, "Hey listen here, John I'm gonna take this broom you better hurry along" He's long gone, long gone Long gone, Lost John Listen to that train Well, he had an ol' dog, his name was Will He run Lost John to the top of the hill He's long gone, long gone Long gone, Lost John Now long time ago if you haulin' anything across the country But livestock you had to pay a toll This train comin' in to the station kind of slow like They said, "What you haulin', boy?" Said, "I got livestock, I got livestock I got horses, cows, chickens, pigs Goats, turkeys, I got all livestock" Well, he said, "You alright, boy, you can go on through You ain't got to pay no toll" So he ordered to the fiver to put a little steam in that engine After they got around the curve a little ways He said, "I fooled you, I fooled you I got pig iron, I got pig iron I fooled you, I fooled you, all pig iron The name of that train was the Rock Island Line When it went through town all the people used to say Rock Island Line she's a mighty good road Rock Island Line she's the road to ride Rock Island Line she's a mighty good road If you wanna ride it you gotta ride it like you find it Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line Clouds in the east that looks like rain Along the tracks comes a passenger train Northbound train on a southern track It looks like it's leavin' but it won't be back Rock Island Line she's a mighty good road Rock Island Line she's the road to ride Rock Island Line she's a mighty good road If you wanna ride it you gotta ride it like you find it Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line Well, I may be right and I may be wrong I know you're gonna miss me when I'm gone Rock Island Line, mighty good road Rock Island Line she's the road to ride Rock Island Line she's a mighty good road If you wanna ride it you gotta ride it like you find it Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Yeah, and Moses stood on the red seashore Smackin' that water with the two-by-four Rock Island Line she's a mighty good road Rock Island Line she's the road to ride Rock Island Line she's a mighty good road If you wanna ride it you gotta ride it like you find it Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line Engineer said, "Before I die There's two more things that I'd like to try Farmer said, "What could they be?" A hot cup of coffee and a cold glass of tea Rock Island Line, mighty good road Rock Island Line she's the road to ride Rock Island Line she's a mighty good road If you wanna ride it you gotta ride it like you find it Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line Yeah, Jesus died to save my sins Going up to Heaven gonna see him again Rock Island Line, mighty good road Rock Island Line she's the road to ride Rock Island Line she's a mighty good road If you wanna ride it you gotta ride it like you find it Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line This is how Willi One Blood would sing it Rock Island Line she's a mighty good road Rock Island Line she's the road to ride Rock Island Line she's a mighty good road If you wanna ride it you gotta ride it like you find it Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line