Now this here’s the story about the Rock Island Line.
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Well the Rock Island Line she runs down into New Orleans.
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There’s a big toll gate down there and you know if you got certain things on board when you go through the toll gate - Well you don’t have to pay the man no toll.
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Well the train driver he pulled up to the toll gate and the man hollered and asked him what all he had on board and he said,
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“I got live stock, I got live stock, I got cows I got pigs
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I got sheep I got mules I got … all live stock”.
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Well he said “you all right boy, you don’t have t’pay no toll.
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You can just go right on through”.
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So he went on through the toll gate
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And as he went through he started pickin up a little bit of speed,
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pickin up a little bit of steam.
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He got on through he turned he looked back to the man he said
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"Well I fooled you, I fooled you I got pig iron I got pig iron I got all pig iron".
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Down the Rock Island Line she’s a mighty road
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The rock Island Line it’s a road to ride
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The rock island line it’s a mighty good road
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Well if you ride you got to ride it like you find it
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Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line.
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Oh cloudy in the west and it looked like rain.
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Around the curve come a passenger train,
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north bound train on the south bound track.
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He did alright leaving but he won’t be back.
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Well the Rock Island Line she’s a mighty road
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The rock Island Line it’s a road to ride
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The rock island line it’s a mighty good road
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Well if you ride you got to ride it like you find it
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Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line.
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Oh I may be right and I may be wrong but you gonna miss me when I’m gone.
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Well the engineer said before he died that there where 2 more drinks that he’d like to try Conductor said "what could they be" - A hot cup of coffee and a cold glass'a tea.
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Well the Rock Island Line she’s a mighty road
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The rock Island Line it’s a road to ride
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The rock island line it’s a mighty good road
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Well if you ride you got to ride it like you find it
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Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line.
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The Rock Island Line
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| Johnny Cash |
