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