Engine 143

C G C C F C Along come the FFV the swiftest on the line C D7 G Running down the C&O road just twenty minutes behind C F C Running into Sou'ville headquarters on the line C G C Receiving their strict orders from a station just behind C F C Georgie's mother came to him with a bucket on her arm C D7 G Saying my darling boy be careful how you run C F C Cause many a man done lost his life trying to make lost time C G C And if you run your engine right you'll make her just on time C F C Off the road, she darted into the rocks she crashed C D7 G The engine she lay upside down and Georgie's breast was smashed C F C His head lay against the firebox door the flames were rolling high C G C I'm proud to be born for an engineer on the C&O road to die C F C Well the doctor come to Georgie my darling boy lie still C D7 G Your life can yet be saved if it is God's blessed will C F C Oh no oh no it will not do I want to die so free C G C I want to die with the engine I love one hundred and forty-three C F C The doctor said to Georgie your life cannot be saved C D7 G Murdered out on a railroad laid in a lonesome grave C F C His face was covered up with blood his eyes you know could not see C G C And the very last words poor Georgie said was nearer my God to thee C G C I want to die with the engine I love one hundred and forty-three