[00:00.000] 作词 : John Lomax
[00:01.000] 作曲 : John Lomax
[00:05.44]Now this here's a story about the Rock Island Line
[00:09.07]Well the Rock Island Line she runs down into New Orleans
[00:13.09]There's a big tollgate down there and you know
[00:15.02]If you got certain things on board when you go through the tollgate
[00:17.83]Well you don't have to pay the man no toll
[00:20.75]Well a train driver he pulled up to the tollgate
[00:23.81]And a man hollered and asked him what all he had on board and said
[00:26.53]
[00:27.89]I got livestock
[00:29.92]I got livestock
[00:31.69]I got cows
[00:32.68]I got pigs
[00:33.50]I got sheep
[00:34.31]I got mules
[00:35.23]I got all live stock
[00:39.15]
[00:41.93]Well he said you're alright boy you don't have to pay no toll
[00:45.26]You can just go right on through so he went on through the tollgate
[00:48.75]And as he went through he started pickin' up a little bit of speed
[00:54.91]Pickin' up a little bit of steam
[01:01.01]He got on through he turned and looked back at the man he said
[01:03.22]
[01:05.29]Well I fooled you
[01:06.60]I fooled you
[01:07.35]I got pigiron
[01:08.30]I got pigiron
[01:09.32]I got old pigiron
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[01:12.35]Down the Rock Island Line she's a mighty good road
[01:14.46]Rock Island Line it's the road to ride
[01:16.28]Rock Island Line it's a mighty good road
[01:18.54]Well if you ride it you got to ride it like you find it
[01:20.05]Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line
[01:21.96]
[01:23.57]Looked cloudy in the west and it looked like rain
[01:25.22]Round the curve came a passenger train
[01:27.62]North bound train on a southbound track
[01:29.22]He's alright a leavin' but he won't be back
[01:31.28]
[01:31.53]Down the Rock Island Line she's a mighty good road
[01:33.24]Rock Island Line it's the road to ride
[01:35.15]Rock Island Line it's a mighty good road
[01:37.47]Well if you ride it you got to ride it like you find it
[01:39.37]Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line
[01:41.28]
[01:42.74]Oh I may be right and I may be wrong
[01:44.86]But you're gonna miss me when I'm gone
[01:48.18]Well the engineer said before he died
[01:50.04]There were two more drinks that he'd like to try
[01:52.41]The conductor said what could they be
[01:54.26]A hot cup of coffee and a cold glass of tea
[01:55.87]
[01:56.12]Down the Rock Island Line she's a mighty good road
[01:58.13]Rock Island Line it's the road to ride
[01:59.90]Rock Island Line it's a mighty good road
[02:01.81]Well if you ride it you got to ride it like you find it
[02:03.93]Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line