This here's a story
About the Rock Island Line


Well, the Rock Island Line
Runs from New Orleans going North
The train driver pulled

Up to the toll gate
The man asked him what all
They had on board


He said, I ain't got no pig iron
He said, whattaya got


He said, I got livestock
I got livesock, I got cows

I got pigs, I got chicks
I got cows, I got sheep
I got mules, I got all livestock

I got all livestock
I got all livestock


Man said, you're alright then
You go on through


So he went on through the tollgate
And as he went through
He started picking up

And a little bit of speed
Picking up a little bit of steam


As he went through, he says
Well, I fooled you, I fooled you
I got pig iron, I got pig iron

I got all pig iron, I got all pig iron
Let's move it for him now


Down the Rock Island Line
Is a mighty good road
Rock Island Line

Is the road to ride
Rock Island Line
Is a mighty good road


Well, if you ride
You got to ride it like you find it

Get your ticket at the station
On the Rock Island Line


Well, cloudy and lost
And it looks like rain
Around the curve

Come a passenger train

Yes, the Rock Island Line

Is a mighty good road
Rock Island Line
Is the road to ride

Rock Island Line
Is a mighty good road


Well, if you ride
You got to ride it like you find it
Get your ticket at the station

On the Rock Island Line

Then she goes on North and

When she crosses the
Flat land of Illinois
She picks up a little bit more speed


Oh, a, b, c, w, x, y, z
Cat's in the cupboard

But he don't see me

Down the Rock Island Line

A mighty good road
Rock Island Line
Is the road to ride
Rock Island Line
Is a mighty good road


Well, if you ride
You got to ride it like you find it
Get your ticket at the station
On the Rock Island Line


The Rock Island Line
A mighty good road
Rock Island Line
Is the road to ride

Rock Island Line
Is a mighty good road

Well, if you ride
You got to ride it like you find it

Get your ticket at the station
On the Rock Island Line