A popular song from 1923.
Words and music by W. C. Handy.
Words revised by Walter Hirsch.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Talk about your fast express
There’s a train that I love best
I just want to tell you this
‘Bout an engine called “Old Miss”
She flies along thru Dixielan’
From Memphis down to Lousian’
And in the dawning of early morning
You’ll be in New Orleans
You’ll think of old Casey Jones
As your bones start to rattle
Bumpin’ along, oh what a battle
Jes’ tootin’ and scootin’ thru old Dixieland
Each stop she makes lazy folks, cracking jokes
Come a grinnin’ dancin’ around
With style so winnin
No other trip’s half so grand
Chorus
While you are rolling along
With a song in the wheels
Oh! what a sight are
Those white cotton fields
When that bell rings
It just brings you joyful news
While your heart sings
To the tune of “Ole Miss Blues”