Casey Jones adalah seorang insinyur tua,
Call for his family tonight, they will fear,
Panggilan untuk keluarganya malam ini, mereka akan takut,
All I need is my water and coal,
Yang saya butuhkan hanyalah air dan batu bara saya,
Look out the windows, see my drag wheel roll.
Lihatlah ke luar jendela, lihat gulungan roda seret saya.
One sunday morning in a driving rain,
Suatu hari Minggu pagi di tengah hujan deras,
Around the curve came a passenger train,
Di sekeliling tikungan terdengar sebuah kereta penumpang,
In the cabin stood Casey Jones,
Di dalam kabin berdiri Casey Jones,
Bold engineer but he's dead and gone.
Insinyur Bold tapi dia sudah mati dan pergi.
Mrs. Casey when she heard the news
Ibu Casey saat dia mendengar kabar tersebut
Sitting at her bedside she was lacing up her shoes
Sambil duduk di samping tempat tidurnya, dia mengikat sepatunya
Children, children now catch your breath,
Anak-anak, anak-anak sekarang menarik napas,
You will draw a pension if your Papa's dead.
Anda akan menarik pensiun jika Papa Anda sudah meninggal.
Children, children now can you hear,
Anak-anak, anak-anak sekarang bisa Anda dengar,
Tell me Mama what do you mean by that?
Katakan padaku Mama apa yang kau maksud dengan itu?
Get your hat, put it on your head,
Dapatkan topi Anda, letakkan di kepala Anda,
Go to town, see your Daddy's dead,
Pergi ke kota, lihat ayahmu sudah meninggal,
Casey said just before he died,
Casey mengatakan sebelum dia meninggal,
Fix the blinds so that the bums can ride,
Perbaiki kerai sehingga gelandangan bisa naik,
If they ride, let them ride rock,
Jika mereka naik, biarkan mereka naik batu,
Put their trust in the hands of God.
Pegang kepercayaan mereka di tangan Tuhan.
Casey said just before he died,
Casey mengatakan sebelum dia meninggal,
Two more roads that I want to ride.
Dua lagi jalan yang ingin saya tumpangi.
People said, what roads, Casey, can they be?
Orang bilang, jalan apa, Casey, bisakah mereka?
Gold Colorado and the Santa Fe.
Gold Colorado dan Santa Fe.