Rock Island Line

Now this here's a story about the Rock Island Line
 Well the Rock Island Line she runs down into New Orleans
 There's a big tollgate down there and you know
 If you got certain things on board when you go through the tollgate
 Well you don't have to pay the man no toll
 Well a train driver he pulled up to the tollgate
 And a man hollered and asked him what all he had on board and said
 I got livestock
 I got livestock
 I got cows
 I got pigs
 I got sheep
 I got mules
 I got all live stock
 Well he said you're alright boy you don't have to pay no toll
 You can just go right on through so he went on through thе tollgate
 And as he went through hе started pickin' up a little bit of speed
 Pickin' up a little bit of steam
 He got on through he turned and looked back at the man he said
 Well I fooled you
 I fooled you
 I got pigiron
 I got pigiron
 I got old pigiron
 Down the Rock Island Line she's a mighty good road
 Rock Island Line it's the road to ride
 Rock Island Line it's a mighty good road
 Well if you ride it you got to ride it like you find it
 Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line
 Looked cloudy in the west and it looked like rain
 Round the curve came a passenger train
 North bound train on a southbound track
 He's alright a leavin' but he won't be back
 Down the Rock Island Line she's a mighty good road
 Rock Island Line it's the road to ride
 Rock Island Line it's a mighty good road
 Well if you ride it you got to ride it like you find it
 Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line
 Oh I may be right and I may be wrong
 But you're gonna miss me when I'm gone
 Well the engineer said before he died
 There were two more drinks that he'd like to try
 The conductor said what could they be
 A hot cup of coffee and a cold glass of tea
 Down the Rock Island Line she's a mighty good road
 Rock Island Line it's the road to ride
 Rock Island Line it's a mighty good road
 Well if you ride it you got to ride it like you find it
 Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line