Casey Jones Song

The original song memoralizing casey jones was written a few days after the accident by jone s friend wallace saunders an african american engine wiper.

Casey jones song. Casey jones tex ritter buy this song. He is a. Casey jones was the rounder s name a high right wheeler of mighty fame. Woodward maurice ritter january 12 1905 january 2 1974 better known as tex ritter was an american country music singer and movie actor popular from the mid 1930s into the 1960s and the patriarch of the ritter family in acting son john and grandson jason.

The ballad of casey jones also known as casey jones the brave engineer or simply casey jones is a traditional american folk song about railroad engineer casey jones and his death at the controls of the train he was driving. Casey jones a classic train song from family garden trains the ballad of casey jones was written about a real locomotive engineer john luther casey jones. Casey jones was the roller s name on a 68 wheeler course he won his fame caller called casey bout half past four he kissed his wife at the station door he climbed in the cabin. He was already well known among mississippi railroaders for various exploits before he died in the famous train crash of april 30 1900.

John lomax in folk song u s a writes. With his orders in his hand said this is the trip to the promised land casey jones climbed in the cabin casey jones orders in his hand casey jones leanin out the window. Watch the video for casey jones from grateful dead s the very best of grateful dead for free and see the artwork lyrics and similar artists. Casey jones is a song by the american rock band the grateful dead the music was written by jerry garcia and the lyrics are by robert hunter hunter stated in a 2015 interview with rolling stone that casey jones didn t start out as a song it just suddenly popped into my mind.

Come all you rounders if you want to hear the story told of a brave engineer. Favorite 1 fan tex ritter. Driving that train high on cocaine casey jones you better watch your speed. It tells of how jones and his fireman sim webb raced their locomotive to make up for lost time but discovered.