Engine 143

<br>Engine 143<br><br> <br> <br>Along came the F15 the swiftest on the line <br>Running o`er the C&amp;O road just twenty minutes behind <br>Running into Cevile head porters on the line <br>Receiving their strict orders from a station just behind <br><br>Georgie`s mother came to him with a bucket on her arm <br>Saying my darling son be careful how you run <br>For many a man has lost his life in trying to make lost time <br>And if you run your engine right you`ll get there just on time <br><br>Up the road he darted against the rocks he crushed <br>Upside down the engine turned and Georgie`s breast did smash <br>His head was against the firebox door the flames are rolling high <br>I`m glad I was born for an engineer to die on the C&amp;O road <br><br>The doctor said to Georgie my darling boy be still <br>Your life may yet be saved if it is God`s blessed will <br>Oh no said George that will not do I want to die so free <br>I want to die for the engine I love one hundred and forty three <br><br>The doctor said to Georgie your life cannot be saved <br>Murdered upon a railroad and laid in a lonesome grave <br>His face was covered up with blood his eyes they could not see <br>And the very last words poor Georgie said was nearer my God to thee