ROCK ISLAND LINE (Johnny?s version)
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Now this here's the story about the Rock Island Line
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Now the Rock Island Line she run down into New Orleans
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Just before you get into New Orleans why they got a big toll gate
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Where you gotta pay the man just so much
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Course,if you got certain things on board you're okay
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You don't have to pay the man nothin
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Right now we see a train she pull into the station
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The man he stick his head out the window
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And he yelled down at the man
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I got pigs, I got horses, I got cows
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I got sheep, I got all livestock, I got all livestock
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I got all livestock
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The man say, boy you okay
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You go on through, you don't have to pay nothin?
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So the man he go on through
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The train get on down away from the station a little bit why he started pickin?up a little bit of steam
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He started pickin? up a little bit of speed
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The driver think he safely out of sight of the man so he stick his head out of the window
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And he yelled back down the line at the man
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Well, I fooled you, I fooled you
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I got pig iron, I got pig iron
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I got all pig iron, (Hey, Hey)
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Now I'll tell you where I'm goin? boy
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Down the Rock Island Line she?s a mighty good road
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The Rock Island Line is the road to ride
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The Rock Island Line she?s a mighty good road
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If you ride you gotta ride her like you find her
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Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line
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ABC WXYZ
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The cat?son the cover but he don?t see me
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Down the Rock Island Lineshe?s a mighty good road
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The Rock Island Line is the road to ride
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The Rock Island Line she?s a mighty good road
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If you ride you gotta ride her like you find her
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Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line
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Well I may be right, I maybe wrong
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You're gonna miss me when I'm gone
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Down the Rock Island Line she?s a mighty good road
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The Rock Island Line is the road to ride
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The Rock Island Line she?s a mighty good road
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If you ride you gotta ride her like you find her
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Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line
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Down the Rock Island Line she?s a mighty good road
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The Rock Island Line is the road to ride
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The Rock Island Line she?s a mighty good road
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If you ride you gotta ride her like you find her
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Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line
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Rock Island Line
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| Johnny Horton |
