Engine 143 (mono) Full Lyrics
[00:07.84] Along came the F15 the swiftest on the line
[00:17.77] Running o'er the C&O road just twenty minutes behind
[00:26.79] Running into Cevile head porters on the line
[00:34.90] Receiving their strict orders from a station just behind
[00:45.73] Georgie's mother came to him with a bucket on her arm
[00:55.66] Saying my darling son be careful how you run
[01:03.78] Many a man has lost his life by trying to make lost time
[01:13.70] And if you run your engine right you'll get there just on time
[01:31.88] Up the road she darted against the rocks she crushed
[01:40.00] Upside down the engine turned and Georgie's breast did smash
[01:49.02] His head was against the firebox door the flames were rolling high
[01:58.94] I'm glad I was born to be an engineer on the C&O road to die
[02:11.56] The doctor said to Georgie my darling son be still
[02:18.78] Your life may yet be saved if it is God's blessed will
[02:27.80] Oh no said George that will not do I want to die so free
[02:36.83] I want to die for the engine I love one hundred and forty three
[02:51.29] The doctor said to Georgie your life cannot be saved
[02:59.41] Murdered upon a railroad and laid in a lonesome grave
[03:07.33] His face was covered up with blood his eyes you could not see
[03:17.25] And the very last words that Georgie said was nearer my God to thee
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