"[Banjo plays]" "Did you know that knowledge of our heroes... was passed down to us by people telling stories?" "From generation to generation." "From the loggers of the northeast... all the way out to the pioneers in the covered wagons... that traveled westward on the plains." "They began as popular tales of simple men... who did mighty things." "The stories of their deeds grew with every retelling... into the legends that forged our national backbone." "These tales not only gave hope and laughter... to early Americans-- freed slaves... and children-- they gave them the common ground of myth and legend... fueling their courage to push back the frontier... and build this great country of ours together." "Our first tale fired the hearts of Americans... in the Allegheny Mountains in 1 872." "It glorified the Herculean efforts of a freed slave... named John Henry." "One of the earliest African-American role models... he was proudly proclaimed in old time spirituals... and work songs." "his legend grew." "People all over the nation came to respect his memory... and learn of his great deed... pitting his own flesh and blood against the gears and wheels... of an encroaching modern machine." "extra large... his appetite... his belief that he could move mountains." "At a time when African-Americans had just begun... to make their place in the world... he was a towering example of leadership and determination." "John Henry." "CHORUS:" "A man with the strength of many he was" "Brave and bold with a heart of gold" "John Henry was a mighty man" "Born with a hammer right in his hand" "Oh" "POLLY:" "Every soul has a dream... and every heart has a way to make it so." "Now let me tell you about my John Henry... who laid down his life for his dream." "John and me were born slaves." "Nothin' to call our own... not even each other." "[Whip cracks]" "Then the day of jubilation came..." "Never again!" "I had those chains... forged into a mighty hammer... a present for John on our wedding day." "you'd a-thought he'd gotten his freedom all over again." "Ha!" "I'll die with this hammer in my hand." "And off we set to find work and a place of our own." "[Men shouting] the CO Railroad had promised land... 50 acres to every man who'd finish the line." "But when John and I came up on 'em... they were already worn out... and 'bout to lose their promised land." "MacTAVlSH:" "Lads!" "Deadline's been moved up." "If we do not get to the other side of that mountain... we can kiss our land good-bye!" "What?" "That can't be done!" "MAN:" "We had a deal!" "SECOND MAN:" "It's not fair!" "third MAN:" "We're working as hard as we can!" "JOHN:" "I'll take you there." "And when did you start building railroads?" "Today." "[Grunts]" "John" "You're the one that we're depending on" "Swing that hammer with all your might I know you can show 'em how to do it right" "Huh" "Hah" "Huh" "Hah" "Huh" "POLLY:" "John's hammer rang out and the tall tales grew." "John Henry" "John Henry is a mighty man" "Born with a hammer" "A 1 0-pound hammer" "A 20-pound hammer right in his hand I heard John's mama liked to sew at night" "So he pulled down the moon for a little bit of light" "Took a lot of cooking to keep John fed 1 0 dozen eggs and 8 loaves of bread" "John Henry" "John Henry is a mighty man born with a hammer" "Born with a hammer right in his hand" "He plowed the earth so wide and deep" "The seed he sowed the ground had to keep" "His hammer hit the earth with such a mighty blow" "Everything he planted would jump up and grow" "John Henry" "John Henry is a powerful man" "All our lives we've been so poor let me show you what we're working for" "Canaan land" "Everybody working for the Canaan land" "Home and freedom hand in hand" "Workin' for the Canaan land moving' on down the line" "John Henry came right on time" "Now we're movin' on down the line" "John Henry came right on time" "Home and freedom hand in hand" "Workin' for the Canaan land" "[Steam whistle blows]" "[Rumbling]" "[Engine chugging]" "[Men shouting]" "MAN:" "What is that thing?" "It's a steam drill." "That thing's gonna take our jobs." "But--but we had a contract." "MacTAVlSH:" "Aah!" "[Men grumbling]" "We had a deal!" "Let's get it!" "Push it over!" "[Grunting]" "[Grunting]" "This ain't no way to settle things." "they're throwing us away like we was nothin'!" "I've got a better way." "A challenge." "[Hisses] I've got 2 free hands and a 20-pound hammer." "If I can best this here machine... the land you promised is ours." "[Hissing]" "we're free." "You don't have to do this." "if they steal our dreams... they put a chain 'round our souls." "Somebody's got to stand tall." "Believe in me." "[Sighs]" "John." "MAN:" "John's gonna do it." "John!" "Show that steam drill!" "gentlemen!" "MAN:" "You can do it!" "SECOND MAN:" "This is it!" "John!" "[Cheering]" "Unh!" "Unh!" "John Henry" "John Henry is a mighty man" "[Roars]" "Unh!" "John Henry" "John Henry is a powerful man" "Huh Hah" "Huh Hah" "John Henry was he was a gentle giant" "A steel drivin' natural man" "[Grunting] MAN:" "John wins!" "[Cheering]" "[Steam whistle blows]" "Huh?" "It's not sundown yet." "[Men grumbling]" "[Sighs]" "John" "You're the one that we're depending' on bust that rock give it everything you've got" "John Henry" "John Henry is a mighty man born with a hammer" "Born with a hammer right in his hand" "John and the drill made the valley shake" "Rumblin' almost caused an earthquake" "Thunder and lightning was everywhere that battle was beyond compare" "John Henry" "John Henry is a powerful man born with a hammer" "Born with a hammer right in his hand" "Ohh!" "Ohh!" "[Cheering and laughing]" "[Bang]" "[Clattering]" "[Gasping] he did it!" "[Groans]" "and he was smilin'... 'cause he moved that mountain and led us to the promised land." "baby." "All you got to do is believe." "[Thunder] child." "The storm's done rolled away... and that's just the sound of your papa... drivin' steel to glory." "just remember..." "No mountain too high" "No valley too low" "No river too wide" "No place too far to go believe when you believe you can overcome" "The battle is already won just keep on" "Just keep on keepin' on" "Stand tall just like John a statue of John Henry... now towers over the Great Bend Tunnel." "It is a powerful reminder that the American spirit... is as indomitable today as it was yesterday." "long after..." "When settlers put up beam and rafter..." "'Who gave this fruit?" "'" "'Who watched this fence till the seeds took root?" "' he followed the sun..." "His life an empire just begun." "These are the verses of an American poet..." "Vachel Lindsay... who admired our next hero." "The hero..." "John Chapman... known to you and me as Johnny Appleseed." "When America celebrated its independence in 1 7 76..." "Johnny was a barefoot boy of 3." "He was a bearded vegetarian... who wore a coffee sack and a tin pot hat." "He lived by his own rules... he loved the earth... and believed that all men were his brothers." "Using his legendary green thumb... he helped to feed hungry pioneers... by planting apple seeds over hundreds of miles." "Johnny was proof that you didn't need great strength... or size to become an American legend." "A man's deeds can live on." "SETTLER:" "Every time I see an apple blossom sky... I think of Johnny Appleseed." "them clouds up thar... sir." "there wouldn't be no apple blossom sky... if it weren't for the fact that Johnny-- hold on here." "Guess I better start back to the beginning... and that's when Johnny lived on a farm... near Pittsburgh town." "or maybe there around." "you'd say Johnny Appleseed... never would make a pioneer." "[Whistling] scrawny little fella." "that didn't faze Johnny none." "he had his apple trees... and the evenin' breeze." "[Whistling]" "[Twittering]" "The Lord is good to me" "And so I thank the Lord" "For giving' me the things I need" "The sun and rain and an apple seed" "He's been good to me" "[Whistling] I owe the Lord so much" "For everything I see if it weren't for Him" "There'd be no apples on this limb" "He's been good to me blue sky" "A-doin' as I please" "Singin' with my feathered friends" "Hummin' with the bees I wake up every day" "As happy as can be" "Because I know that with His care they will still be there the Lord is good to me" "[Whistling] and gay." "That's how Johnny spent each day" "A-tendin' to his apple trees." "little Johnny here... would feel a stirrin' in the air." "rollin' underbeat... of restless men with restless feet." "pioneers: ...rollin' west" "There's plenty of room for you" "Get on the wagon rollin' west" "Out to the great unknown" "Get on the wagon rollin' west" "Or you'll be left alone" "WOMEN:" "We made a home before" "We're startin' out again" "MEN:" "We ain't a-feared o' man nor beast" "We're strong-hearted men" "ALL:" "So get on the wagon rollin' west" "Seekin' a land that's new" "Get on the wagon rollin' west" "There's plenty of room for you" "Get on the wagon rollin' west" "Out to the great unknown" "Get on the wagon rollin' west" "Or you'll be left alone" "The rivers may be wide" "The mountains may be tall" "But nothin' stops the pioneer" "We're trail blazers all get on the wagon rollin' west" "Out to the great unknown" "Get on the wagon rollin' west" "Or you'll be left alone" "You'll be left alone" "SETTLER:" "Poor Johnny." "He weren't no pioneer and he knowed it." "It was all just pretend." "And them folks goin' west to build this nation... sure made picking' apples... look like a plumb useless occupation." "that's when a miracle happened." "Johnny?" "SETTLER: ...says a voice." "voice:" "Go on." "if that's your choice." "it was a angel." "Johnny's own private guardian angel." "Might look mighty queersome to you and me... that's just the way..." "John figured he'd be." "boy." "Don't stand there gawking'." "Unlock your jaw and get to talkin'." "sir!" "Why don't I go west?" "'Cause I ain't got the muscle or the breadth of chest." "and I'm about... the puniest fella alive." "Johnny." "You got faith and courage and a level head." "sir... all I know is apple trees." "if you please?" "Ain't they 'bout the finest fruit... in all the land?" "man." "They take the cake." "Johnny... of all the things that apples make." "a-apple pickles so tasty" "Apple tarts and apple pasty not to mention" "Applesass?" "ANGEL:" "Yes" "And there's apple fritters" "Light as thistle" "And for folks to wet their whistle" "Tangy apple cider in a glass bake 'em" "Apple pie and apple cake 'em you can cook 'em any way" "There's apple this and apple that" "The recipes would fill your hat I could carry on like this all day" "So pack your stuff and get a-goin'" "Get them apple trees a-growin'" "There's a lot of work out there to do" "BO TH:" "There's a lot of work to do sir!" "[Whistling] sir... ain't got the gear... or none of the things I'll need out there." "boy!" "I'm ashamed of you!" "You got the stuff to see you through." "you got... all the seeds you're needin'... and for pretty darn good readin'..." "There ain't nothin' finer than your book" "Here's a mighty handy bonnet-- even got a handle on it." "Turn it upside down and you can cook and get a-goin'" "Get them apple trees a-growin'" "BO TH:" "There's a lot of work out there to do there's a lot of work to do" "that's how it all began." "all alone... set out to meet the great unknown." "'Twas a mighty big and fearsome place... for a man to face." "SETTLER:" "A little man and all alone... without no gun." "and though the forest is dark and wide... with fearsome critters on every side..." "Johnny just kept walkin' on." "SETTLER:" "Walked until at last he found... a little spot of open ground... with fertile soil and warmsome breeze-- a likely place for apple trees." "they couldn't know... if John was friend or John was foe." "So some took off in sudden flight... and some got sot to claw and bite." "he paid no heed... just got busy a-plantin' apple seeds." "[Whistling]" "them varmints come from everywhere... to watch that man a-diggin' there." "Didn't like what they was seein'." "Didn't trust no human bein'." "that ornery human had to go... but who was a-gonna tell him so?" "not a soul could answer that... until here come along a black and white cat." "but he didn't much care." "He knowed he had a certain air... about him." "[Whistling]" "that done it." "The critters ne'er seed the beat of that... the likes of a human a-likin' that cat." "this little man had went... and busted every precedent." "He was the very first to come... without no gun... from that time on... every last living varmint was a friend to John." "[Whistling]" "They surely was." "JOHN:" "The Lord is good to me" "And so I thank the Lord" "For giving' me the things I need" "The sun and rain and an apple seed" "He's been good to me" "as time went by..." "Johnny kept right on a-plantin' his apple trees... and makin' friends everywhere." "And his best friends was the pioneers..." "John was planting' more... than an apple tree." "He was planting'... too... new hope... in the job they had to do." "SETTLER:" "And as more and more pioneers... come to push back the forest... the kindly deeds of little Johnny Appleseed... spread throughout the land." "And more than once... with a good old-fashioned jubilee... folks would honor Johnny Appleseed... and the fruit of the apple tree." "SQUARE DANCE CALLER:" "To the right of the ring and the outside under" "Ain't gonna rain without no thunder swing" "Come right out to the right of the ring" "And you buckle up 4 with 8 hands around I'll swing yours and you swing mine I'll swing my girl half time" "Twist her straight to a do-si-do kickin' out dough" "Big pig a-rootin' up a little tater row and home you go" "if John was a-passin' by... he'd mosey over and kinda look in on the doing's..." "'Cause it sure tickled him to see... how the fruit of his labors... brought all kinds of folks together... and made 'em good neighbors." "4 in a row son--corners go" "Apple core" "CROWD:" "Baltimore" "CALLER:" "Bite that apple to the core" "CALLER:" "Ready now" "Allemande left with the old left hand right and left grand" "Whirl 'em right and whirl 'em wrong" "Straighten 'em out and trot 'em along 4 in a row" "Second couple on the corners go" "Apple core" "CROWD:" "Baltimore" "CALLER:" "Gent and the pretty girl" "Try once more" "[Crowd laughs]" "[Triangle clanging]" "WOMAN:" "Come and get it!" "the table's set... it's all a-waitin' to be et!" "Come and get it!" "Apple pickles." "Mighty tasty." "Apple butter." "Apple pasty!" "Apple dumpling's." "How'd you like some applesass?" "ma'am!" "Johnny did bring folks a heap o' happiness." "he weren't lookin' for thanks." "Didn't have time for it." "He knowed a man can't take no rest... if he aims to plant the whole darn wilderness... in apple trees." "SETTLER:" "And so it was for more than 40 year..." "John walked and planted that whole frontier." "sir... 40 years of walkin' and planting'." "And in that space of twoscore year... he throwed his shadow... clear across the land... 000 miles square." "SETTLER:" "And in that shadow everywhere... you'll find he left his blessings three..." "CHORUS:" "Love and faith" "And the apple tree" "you take the cake!" "get up!" "[Whistles]" "We got a longsome trip to make." "Mr. Angel." "Howdy do?" "ANGEL:" "I'm fine." "And how be you?" "I'm fine." "Just feelin'--whoop!" "sleepin' in the evenin' dusk?" "John." "Your mortal husk." "My husk?" "!" "You mean to say I'm--l'm passed away?" "angel!" "I just can't go." "seeds to sow." "boy." "Down here on earth your work is through." "Johnny." "we sure do." "You'd think we had most all we please... but we ain't." "We're kinda short on apple trees." "I swan." "I didn't know." "let's go!" "JOHNN Y:" "We're wastin' time" "Let's get a-goin'" "Get them apple trees a-growin'" "BO TH:" "There's a lot of work up there to do there's a lot of work to do now you know the reason why... whenever I see that certain sky... I think of little John." "if you'll recall... them clouds ain't really clouds at all." "if you please... from John's heavenly orchard of apple trees." "CHORUS:" "And someday there'll be apples there" "For everyone in the world to share" "SETTLER:" "The Lord is good to me" "CHORUS:" "Ah ah ah ah ah" "Our legends tell us a lot about how we see ourselves." "In the northern frontier... and snow." "around flickering campfires... they bragged about the man who could straighten rivers... and reshape mountains with his bare hands." "Enter Paul Bunyan." "63 axe handles high... and he had a soft spot in his heart... for a massive blue ox named Babe." "The forest rang like thunder with their labors." "Nothing made of flesh and blood... could match Paul Bunyan's power." "You'll see." "Here's Paul Bunyan." "CHORUS:" "North America was a great big land" "With a great big job to be done" "A job that needed a great big man" "Paul Bunyan was the one" "Paul" "Paul" "Paul Bunyan" "Paul Bunyan" "He's 63 axe handles high" "With his feet on the ground and his head in the sky" "Paul" "Paul" "Paul Bunyan" "[Echoing] Paul Bunyan" "My name is Cal McNab." "Lumberjack by trade." "Reckon I was the first person in our part of the country... to see Paul Bunyan." "CAL:" "Our town was cut right out of the big timber... on the coast of Maine." "Should've known something unusual... was gonna happen that night." "A sou'easter come up and the wind howled so... thought it was gonna blow our town right off the map." "I took a look... to see what was left of the place." "[Howling] I spotted an odd-looking craft on the beach." "That's where the howling was coming from." "Ma!" "What in the world do you suppose that is?" "CAL:" "The howling roused the whole town... and everybody rushed down to investigate." "MAN:" "Never saw anything like it." "Looks like a big cradle." "Cal." "[Howling] I'll be hornswoggled." "A baby!" "And it's a whopper!" "CAL:" "The whole town adopted him... and named him Paul..." "Bunyan." "Everybody pitched in to supply his needs." "They held sewing' bees and knitting' circles... to make his clothes." "either." "[Slurping]" "CAL:" "I led the singing to put him to sleep at night." "two... sleep tight" "Paul Bunyan" "Paul Bunyan" "You're only 1 0 axe handles high" "But you'll get bigger by and by" "Good night" "Paul Bunyan" "Paul Bunyan" "PAUL:" "Waaah!" "[Laughing]" "CAL: 'Twasn't long afore Paul was big enough to go to school." "He was a bright boy and never tardy." "Paul." "[Laughing] children." "Now everyone be seated." "[Creak]" "Will the first pupil to work the sum of five plus two... rise and show the answer?" "[Creak] Eek!" "Paul... don't raise the roof." "[Bell ringing]" "ALL:" "School's out!" "School's out!" "Yay!" "BO YS:" "The boys would head for the swimming' hole" "Just as soon as their studies had ceased" "Paul!" "And though young Paul was sometimes last" "He surely never was least" "Paul" "Here he comes!" "Paul Bunyan what a time he had me oh my" "[Splash]" "When his front was in the water his back was high and dry" "Paul?" "Paul" "Paul" "Paul Bunyan" "Paul Bunyan" "CAL:" "Christmas was a big event in our town." "We had our tree in the town square... on account of Paul." "I handed out the presents." "You kids ready?" "here's something for Johnny... and for Susan." "And for Paul..." "Here's a gift from the whole town!" "A double-bladed axe!" "CAL:" "Paul took to cutting timber... like a duck takes to water." "our saw mills had enough timber... to last a lifetime." "That opened plenty of new farmland... and our town grew so fast it got to crowding' Paul." "So one morning we weren't too surprised... to find a note in the square." "Paul." "P.S. I'll write soon." "We're gonna miss that boy." "I am Chris Crosshaul... straw boss of a logging crew in the middle west." "I will never forget..." "The first time I saw Paul Bunyan." "I was topping trees one morning." "I looked up... and there stood the biggest man I ever saw." "[Deep voice] With my double-blade axe" "And my hobnail boots I go where the timber is tall don't mess around" "Just sing right out for Paul boys." "Paul Bunyan" "Paul Bunyan" "He's 63 axe handles high" "With his feet on the ground and his head in the sky" "Paul" "Paul Bunyan" "Paul Bunyan" "he picked up his axe and he chopped a tree" "Clean down with his forward swing" "Got him another when his axe swung back" "That timber-cuttin' king" "He kept on a-chopping the live-long day" "And then when it was night" "He walked back over the stumps he'd cut" "And stomped 'em out of sight" "Paul" "'Twarn't nothin'." "Paul Bunyan" "Paul Bunyan" "Paul cleared that country so quick... farmers had their crops in the first week." "So Paul headed west for the big woods and more room." "He hadn't gone far when he ran into... the worst blizzard this country ever saw." "It was so cold even the snow was blue." "the flames froze." "While he was building a second fire... to melt the first one... he heard a low "moo." "[Moo]" "He looked all around... under a fog bank... he found a big ox... frozen just as blue as the snow." "[Clinking]" "[Clank clank]" "that ox was mighty grateful for being rescued." "[Moo]" "They hit it right off and became real pals." "Paul named him "Babe." "The two of them headed west... but the storm got worse and they got so lost." "[Wind howling] they left lots of tracks behind them... those tracks filled with water... 000 Lakes." "Paul and Babe went right to work." "They logged off North and South Dakota... dug the Missouri river to float the logs to the saw mills... so they could look the country over... and see what else to do... they built Pike's Peak." "that was a fair day's work... even for Paul..." "So next morning he overslept a little bit." "Babe wanted him to get up." "[Rrrring]" "Hey!" "you big blue ox?" "watch it!" "babe!" "one little shove led to another..." "Whoa!" "[Moooo]" "And the first thing you know... they was rough-housing all over the countryside." "[Screech]" "Ha ha ha!" "[Moo]" "Ha ha--oof!" "Then Paul and Babe got into a big tug-of-war." "They piled dirt and rocks so high... it formed a range of mountains." "Today they are called the Grand Tetons." "oxplay-- made Paul and Babe kind of dirty... so Paul looked the countryside over... and got together with Babe... he had built them a shower bath." "They went off and left it running..." "Paul's shower bath is called Yellowstone Falls." "Shot Gunderson's my name." "I'm river foreman of a timber camp... near the Oregon Trail." "My outfit was mighty discouraged... the day Paul Bunyan arrived." "We were getting plenty of timber in the river... but we couldn't move it to the saw mills... 'cause the river was so dad-burned crooked." "Paul looked the situation over careful-like... then he harnessed Babe with a yoke... hitched on a big anchor... and then threw it in at the head of the river." "Babe!" "[Snorts] they heaved and hauled" "And the job was quickly done" "They pulled that crooked river out" "As straight as the barrel of a gun" "Paul" "They're on their way!" "Paul Bunyan" "Paul Bunyan" "He's 63 axe handles high" "With his feet on the ground and his head in the sky" "Paul" "Paul" "Paul Bunyan" "[Echoing] Paul Bunyan" "SHO T:" "Now the country began to prosper." "civilization had arrived in the great northwest... and with it came the "Prophets of Progress." "boys." "right in this box... is the invention that's gonna revolutionize... the logging business." "If you'll step over to the nearest tree... I'll demonstrate." "With my double-blade axe and my hobnail boots I go where the timber's tall" "Thunderation!" "What's that?" "boys... just turn on the steam and let 'er go!" "there!" "Who are you... and what the Sam Hill's that thing?" "and this thing... is the latest model of the handy-dandy steam saw." "if you'll just step aside... I'd like to cut this tree down." "[Coughs] we cut timber with a big axe... like this one... like that one!" "[Moo] you gotta get with the times... become modern." "There's the latest invention for hauling timber." "MUFFAW:" "A steam lokey." "[Toot toot]" "With this steam saw and that engine... I can cut and haul more timber... than you and that blue ox ever thought of." "is that so?" "You with your newfangled contraptions?" "You with your big axe and old-fogey ways!" "I'll show you what I can do with this axe!" "I dare you to try it!" "Ha!" "Looks like a toy to me!" "huh?" "I'll show you!" "[Snorts] [Toot toot]" "SHO T:" "There was only one way to settle it." "I was appointed judge." "This contest to last one hour!" "Then I'll measure the stacks of timber... and declare the winner." "You fellers ready?" "Ready!" "Ready!" "[Men whistling and cheering]" "[Chugging]" "[Snorts]" "Paul" "Paul Bunyan" "Paul!" "show him how" "Beat that city slicker now" "Paul!" "Paul Bunyan" "[Bang]" "SHO T:" "The race looked dead even... and when I went to measure the stacks... too." "I shinnied up Paul's stack first..." "Pulled the measuring chain taut... 240 feet...even!" "[Cheering] Hooray for Paul!" "[Muttering] 240 feet... and 1 /4 inch." "[Men groan]" "Yippie!" "Poor Paul" "Poor Paul Bunyan the machine had beaten man." "But don't you folks feel sorry for Paul and Babe." "I hear they're up Alaska way... and mighty happy." "you know." "And those northern lights you see in the sky... that's Paul and Babe having a lot of fun... oxing around..." "Knocking the Aurora Borealis out of the countryside." "Ha ha ha ha!" "Ha ha ha--oof!" "Paul" "Paul" "Paul Bunyan" "Paul Bunyan" "He's 63 axe handles high" "With his feet on the ground and his head in the sky" "Paul" "Paul" "Paul Bunyan" "[Train whistle]" "CONDUC TOR:" "All aboard!" "JAMES EARL JONES:" "Our next hero's real name... was John Luther Jones." "But you probably know him as Casey Jones-- a crack train engineer... loyal... and who had an unflinching sense of duty." "In the late 1 800's... rail tracks stretched from the cities of the east... to the plains of the west." "With bent backs and hard labor... and Africans-- laid the tracks that carried the building blocks... and the U.S. Mail." "Casey was a master at the throttle." "He could play a musical symphony... on a train whistle... and he could get the mail to the station... in record-breaking time." "[Toot toot]" "Casey would have marveled at today's modern advances... like the bullet train and e-mail." "here is Casey Jones." "NARRATOR: 'Tis morning!" "'tis morning... and all the trains in the railroad yard... are fast asleep." "All except Casey's." "His engine is slow asleep." "Casey." "CHORUS:" "Come all you rounders if you want to hear" "A story all about a brave engineer" "Casey Jones was the rounder's name" "On a high right wheeler he won his fame" "Casey Jones are you ready?" "[Toot toot]" "Ready to start for the western land" "NARRATOR:" "They're off!" "They're off!" "Help!" "singer:" "Out of the junction on the fly" "Casey had that look in his eye" "The brakeman knew by the engine's moan" "The man at the throttle was Casey Jones" "CHORUS:" "Casey Jo-o-o-o-o-o-o-nes" "NARRATOR:" "Egad!" "Ha ha!" "did you?" "[Sigh]" "[Humming]" "NARRATOR:" "Too ripe." "NARRATOR:" "Nice day..." "wasn't it?" "CHORUS:" "The rain was coming down 5 or 6 weeks" "The railroad track was like the bed of a creek lt slowed him down to a 1 0-mile gait" "And it made the western mail exactly 8 hours late" "DEEP voice:" "Casey Jones" "Plowin' through the water" "Casey Jones" "Sluggin' through the mud" "DEEP voice:" "Casey Jones" "Plowin' through the wa-a-a-a-achoo!" "train's got the shakes." "Egad!" "there isn't time to fret" "Keep knocking at the fire door" "Don't give up yet you gotta keep a schedule" "Casey!" "[Brakes screech]" "[Toot toot] brown cow?" "I'm busy." "Gotta date and I'm late." "Go back to your mate." "you old cow." "Fresh...homogenized." "Pasteurized...polarized." "do not fail" "Gotta get to Frisco with the western mail gotta get to Frisco gotta get to Frisco..." "NARRATOR:" "Somebody's on the wrong track!" "Egad!" "A-ha-ha-ha-ha!" "I'll save you!" "Oh!" "Oh!" "Save me!" "Oh!" "NARRATOR:" "My hero!" "Curses!" "Foiled again!" "NARRATOR:" "What do you know!" "She mail!" "CHORUS:" "Casey knew that he was runnin' too fast last station past I believe we're gonna make it through" "'Cause she steams a lot better than I ever knew" "NARRATOR:" "Uh-oh." "He who wrecks a train on a hillside... is not on the level!" "Going down!" "[Crash]" "[Engine chugging]" "NARRATOR:" "Not in condition." "Smokes too much!" "Ahh!" "[Train whistle blows]" "Silverware!" "you got company." "Anybody we know?" "Take that!" "And that!" "And that!" "Ow!" "And that!" "And that!" "And that!" "And that!" "Time out." "Substitution." "Take this!" "And this!" "And this!" "And this!" "And this!" "And this!" "Everybody off!" "Everybody off!" "back to work." "Egad!" "Egad!" "CHORUS:" "Casey came a-runnin' up the Reno hill" "He tooted on his whistle with an awful shrill" "Whoo whoo whoo-ooh" "He opened up his throttle just as far as she'd go" "Just how fast he was a-steamin'" "We will never know" "[Train whistle blows]" "Whoa!" "Ahh-aah!" "[Boing!" "Boing!" "Boing!" "]" "NARRATOR:" "What's that coming?" "Looks like a train." "Egad!" "It is a train!" "CHORUS:" "Round the curve and down the hump" "Two trains gonna bump" "Egad!" "[Toot toot toot toot]" "Egad!" "you're gonna be dead" "here comes a freight." "here comes a freight!" "we won't be late!" "Egad!" "Look!" "Look!" "Look!" "Look!" "Freight!" "Freight!" "Freight!" "So what?" "So long!" "NARRATOR:" "Egad!" "[Explosion]" "[Crash]" "[Somber music plays]" "CHORUS:" "Headaches and heartaches" "And all kinds of pain" "They're just a part of the railroad game" "[Sigh] noble and grand" "Belong to the life of a railroad man" "[Toot toot] is he gonna make it?" "I'm a Rhode lsland rooster!" "cock-a-doodle-doo!" "he knew his duty" "And he finally went west with the western mail take the train!" "Who will be the doers and dreamers of tomorrow?" "Any one of you could be a Johnny Appleseed." "Maybe you have a devotion to duty like Casey Jones." "Or you have an inner strength... to stand tall against adversity like John Henry." "Use your imagination." "What frontiers will you conquer?" "Look for the heroes around you and celebrate them." "in the present... even in the mirror." "Because you're the stuff that legends are made of." "[Banjo plays]" "No mountain too high" "No valley too low" "No river too wide" "No place too far to go believe when you believe you can overcome" "The battle is already won just keep on" "Just keep on keepin' on" "Stand tall just like John" "No matter who you are" "No matter" "No matter where you're from" "Nothing can stop you" "Nothing can stop you" "From who you can become keep on" "Stand tall just like John" "Hey ee ay" "No mountain too high" "No valley too low" "No river too wide" "No place too far to go believe" "Believe that you can overcome" "The battle is already won just keep on" "Keep on keepin' on" "Stand tall just like John" "No matter who you are" "No matter" "No matter where you're from" "Nothing can stop you" "Nothing can stop you" "From who you can become" "Just keep on keepin' on" "Stand tall just like John" "Hey ee ay" "No mountain too high" "No valley too low" "No river too wide" "No place too far to go believe" "Believe that you can overcome" "The battle is already won just keep on" "Keep on keepin' on" "Stand tall just like John" "No matter who you are" "No matter" "No matter where you're from" "Nothing can stop you" "Nothing can stop you" "From who you can become" "Just keep on keepin' on" "Stand tall just like John" "Hey ee ay" "No mountain too high" "No valley too low" "No river too wide" "No place too far to go believe" "Believe that you can overcome" "The battle is already won just keep on" "Keep on keepin' on" "Stand tall just like John" "No matter who you are" "No matter" "No matter where you're from" "Nothing can stop you" "Nothing can stop you" "From who you can become" "Just keep on keepin' on" "Stand tall just like John" "Hey ee ay"