Now this here's a story about the Rock Island line, the Rock Island line she runs down into New Orleans and just outside of New Orleans there's a big toll gate and all the trains that go through the toll gate, well they gotta pay the man some money but of course if you've got certain things on board you're okay you don't have to pay a man nothing and just now we see a train she's coming down the line and when she come up to the toll gate the driver he shouts down to the man he said I got pigs, I got horses, I got cows, I got sheep, I got all livestock, I got all livestock, I got all livestock and the man said well you alright boy just get on through you don't have to pay me nothing and the train go through and when he go through the toll gate the train got up a little bit of steam and a little bit of speed and when the driver think he's safely on other side he shouts back down the line to the man he said I fooled you, I fooled you, I got pig iron, I got pig iron, I got all pig iron Now I'll tell you where I'm going boy, down the Rock Island line, she's a mighty good road, the Rock Island line is a road to ride, yes the Rock Island line is a mighty good road and if you want to ride it, got to ride it like you're fine to get your ticket at the station on the Rock Island line Now I'll tell you where I'm going boy, down the Rock Island line, she's a mighty good road, the Rock Island line is a road to ride, yes the Rock Island line is a mighty good road and if you want to ride it, got to ride it like you're fine to get your ticket at the station on the Rock Island line Hallelujah, I'm safe from sin, the good Lord's coming for to see me again, down the Rock Island line, she's a mighty good road, the Rock Island line is a road to ride, yes the Rock Island line is a mighty good road and if you want to ride it, got to ride it like you're fine to get your ticket at the station on the Rock Island line A, B, C, W, H, I, Z, catch on the cover but he don't see me. Down the Rock Island line, she's a mighty good road, the Rock Island line is a road to ride, yes the Rock Island line is a mighty good road and if you want to ride it, got to ride it like you're fine to get your ticket at the station on the Rock Island line towel *