Кейси Джонс - скэб (штрейхбрекер)
CASEY JONES
The workers on the S. P.line to strike sent out a call;
But Casey Jones, the engineer, he wouldn't strike at all.
His boiler it was leaking, and its drivers on the bum,
And the engine and the bearings, they were all out of plumb.
---Casey Jones kept his junk pile running.
---Casey Jones was working double time;
---Casey Jones got a wooden medal
---For being good and faithfull on the S. P. line .
The workers said to Casey. "Won't you help us win this strike?"
But Casey said, "Let me alone, you'd better take a hike. "
Then Casey's wheezy engine ran right off the wheezy track,
And Casey hit the river with an awrul smack.
---Casey Jones hit the river bottom;
---Casey Jones broke his bloomin' spine;
---Casey Jones turned into an Angel
---He got a trip to heaven on the S. P.line.
When Casey got to heaven up to the Pearly Gate,
He said. "I'm Casey Jones, the guy that pulled the S. P. freight."
"You're just the man, " said Peter, "Our musicians are' on strike;
You can get a job a-scabbing any time you like. "
---Casey Jones got a job in heaven;
---Casey Jones was doing mighty fine;
---Casey Jones went scabbing on the angels
---Just like he did to workers on the S. P. line.
The angels got together, and they said it wasn't fair.
For Casey Jones to go around a-scabbing everywhere.
The Angels' Union Number 23, they sure were there,
And they promptly fired Casey down the Golden Stair .
---Casey Jones went to Hell a-flying.
---"Casey Jones," the Devil said. "Oh fine!
---Casey Jones get busy shoveling sulphur
---That's what you get for scabbing on the S. P. line."
Кроме песни Джо Хилла существуют и другие фольклорные версии песни про железнодорожника Кейси Джонса.
Добавим также, что фольклорные истории о Кэйси Джонсе (как и песня. исполняемая Grateful Dead рисуют его как исключительно добропорядочного, трудолюбивого и ответственного человека. Единственный недостаток - любил гнать на большой скорости. А тут как на грех случился дождь и Кэйси погнал!... А на путях оказался товарный и Кэйси в него на полном ходу и ...
Ни о каких забастовках в историях о Кэйси Джонсе слова и нет
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Скорее эти версии были прежде чем Джо Хилл сочинил свою версию на их основе .
Вот песня "Кейси Джонс" в исполнении группы "Грейтфул Дэд"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0HM0RtRv-E