Casey told his children,
“Go to bed and hush your cryin’,
You have another papa
On the Salt Lake Line.”
[62] Casey Jones is still heard occasionally. The version given here is somewhat below par, but represents the sort of thing a worker is likely to sing. Note that Casey wants to ride “three mo’ roads,” but names only two. Also, in the last stanza, Casey, instead of his wife, is represented as speaking to the children.
Wash My Overhalls
Wash my overhalls,
Search my overhalls,
Starch my overhalls,
Wash ’em clean,