ROCK ISLAND LINE (JohnnyÂ’s version)   Now this here's the story about the Rock Island Line   Now the Rock Island Line she run down into New Orleans   Just before you get into New Orleans why they got a big toll gate    Where you gotta pay the man just so much   Course,if you got certain things on board you're okay   You don't have to pay the man nothin   Right now we see a train she pull into the station   The man he stick his head out the window   And he yelled down at the man   I got pigs, I got horses, I got cows   I got sheep, I got all livestock, I got all livestock   I got all livestock   The man say, boy you okay   You go on through, you don't have to pay nothinÂ’   So the man he go on through   The train get on down away from the station a little bit why he started pickinÂ’up a little bit of steam   He started pickinÂ’ up a little bit of speed   The driver think he safely out of sight of the man so he stick his head out of the window   And he yelled back down the line at the man   Well, I fooled you, I fooled you   I got pig iron, I got pig iron   I got all pig iron, (Hey, Hey)   Now I'll tell you where I'm goinÂ’ boy      Down the Rock Island Line sheÂ’s a mighty good road   The Rock Island Line is the road to ride   The Rock Island Line sheÂ’s a mighty good road   If you ride you gotta ride her like you find her   Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line      ABC WXYZ   The catÂ’son the cover but he donÂ’t see me   Down the Rock Island LinesheÂ’s a mighty good road   The Rock Island Line is the road to ride   The Rock Island Line sheÂ’s a mighty good road   If you ride you gotta ride her like you find her   Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line      Well I may be right, I maybe wrong   You're gonna miss me when I'm gone   Down the Rock Island Line sheÂ’s a mighty good road   The Rock Island Line is the road to ride   The Rock Island Line sheÂ’s a mighty good road   If you ride you gotta ride her like you find her   Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line   Down the Rock Island Line sheÂ’s a mighty good road   The Rock Island Line is the road to ride   The Rock Island Line sheÂ’s a mighty good road   If you ride you gotta ride her like you find her   Get your ticket at the station for the Rock Island Line