Engine 143

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