Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Engine 143, artist - Dave Alvin. Album song Public Domain: Songs From The Wild Land, in the genre Иностранный рокDate of issue: 14.08.2000
Record label: Shout!
Song language: English
Engine 143 |
| Along came the FFV the swiftest on the line |
| Running o’er the C&O road just twenty minutes behind |
| Running into Sou’ville headquarters on the line |
| Receiving their strict orders from a station just behind |
| Georgie’s mother came to him with a bucket on her arm |
| Saying my darling son be careful how you run |
| For many a man has lost his life in trying to make lost time |
| And if you run your engine right you’ll get there just on time |
| Up the road he darted against the rocks he crashed |
| Upside down the engine turned and Georgie’s breast was smashed |
| His head lay against the firebox door the flames were rolling high |
| I’m glad to be born for an engineer on the C&O road to die |
| The doctor said to Georgie my darling boy lie still |
| Your life may yet be saved if it is God’s blessed will |
| Oh no said George that will not do I want to die so free |
| I want to die with the engine I love one hundred and forty three |
| The doctor said to Georgie your life cannot be saved |
| Murdered upon a railroad and laid in a lonesome grave |
| His face was covered up with blood his eyes they could not see |
| And the very last words poor Georgie said was nearer my God to thee |