Casey Jones - Kassie Jones Furry Tab Bite
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Traditional acoustic guitar styles
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Peak #45
Peak in subgenre #17
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Traditional
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January 19, 2009
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Casey Jones - Kassie Jones
(Traditional)
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# This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the #
# music below. It's intent is for study or scholarship purposes only and it's #
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Tabbed by Dadfad (John M) duolian@msn.com 1/15/09
For re-copy: Originally tabbed in Microsoft Notepad with Courier New 10-Font.
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Kassie Jones
(Traditional)
1928 Recording by Furry Lewis (Side 1)
I woke up this morning, four o'clock.
Mister Kassie told his fireman get the boilers hot.
Put on your water, put on your coal,
Put your head out the window, see my drivers roll
...See my drivers roll...
Put your head out the window, see my drivers roll.
Lord, some people said Mister Kassie couldn't run.
Let me tell you what Mister Kassie done.
He left Memphis, was a quarter to nine.
Got to Newport News, it was dinner time
...It was dinner time...
Got to Newport News, it was dinner time.
I sold my gin, I sold it straight.
Po-lice run me to my woman's gate.
She come to the door, she nod her head.
She made me welcome to the folding bed.
...To the folding bed...
She made me welcome to the folding bed.
Lord, people said to Kassie "You're running overtime.
You'll have an *occlusion with the One-O-Nine."
Kassie said "Ain't in mind.
I'll run her to Glory 'less I make my time."
Said to the passengers "Better keep yourself hid,
I'm gonna shake it like Chaney did."
...Chaney did...
I'm gonna shake it like Chaney did.
*(Furry probably meant "collision")
Mister Kassie run his engine to a mile of the place.
Number Four stared him right in the face.
The Devil told Kassie "Well, you must leave town."
I belive to my sould I'm Alabama bound.
...Alabama bound...
I believe to my soul I'm Alabama bound.
Mrs. Kassie said she dreamt a dream
The night she bought her sewing machine.
The needle got broke and she could not sew.
She loved Mister Kassie 'cause she told me so.
...Told me so...
She loved Mister Kassie 'cause she told me so.
There was a woman name Miss Alice Frye
Said "I'm gonna ride with Mister Kassie 'till I die.
I ain't good looking, but I take my time.
I'm a ramblin' woman, I got a ramblin' mind."
...A ramblin' mind...
I'm a ramblin' woman, got a ramblin' mind.
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Those lyrics above were from Side 1 of Furry's early recording of
the tune. The tune was over six minutes long and so required both
sides of the record, the time-limit on an old 78 rpm Bakelite disc
limited to just over three minutes per side. More verses are easily
available if needed and so I won't go into them here. In addition,
on many of his later recordings and films of him playing the tune,
other verses were sometimes added, omitted or changed. His early
recording was titled 'Kassie' Jones instead of the more commonly
seen 'Casey" Jones. (Most likely due to a simple mis-spelling.)
The tune is an old traditional* ballad that was done in many tradi-
tional generes, including old-time country, Appalachian, folk, etc
as well as blues. In most of those versions the lyrics tend to fol-
low a relatively linear story-line of the event with a "start" and
a "finish" with the tale of Casey Jones told in between. Furry's
lyrics are more (for lack of a better word) disjointed, not neces-
sarily following any particular order as well as having quite a few
more less unrelated "generic" blues verses and partial verses from
other old blues tunes thrown in here and there. Very likely when he
recorded his first early version he just sat down and played singing
the verses he had heard and remembered as well as adding oth
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