Engine 143

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Along came the FFV the swiftest 
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on the line
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Running o'er the C&O road just 
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twenty minutes behind
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Running into Sou'ville 
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headquarters on the line
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Receiving their strict orders from
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 a station just behind


[Verse]
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Georgie's mother came to him with 
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a bucket on her arm
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Saying my darling son be careful 
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how you run
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For many a man has lost his life 
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in trying to make lost time
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And if you run your engine right 
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you'll get there just on time


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Up the road he darted against the
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 rocks he crashed
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Upside down the engine turned and 
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Georgie's breast was smashed
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His head lay against the firebox 
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door the flames were rolling high
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I'm glad to be born for an 
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engineer on the C&O road to die


[Verse]
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The doctor said to Georgie my 
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darling boy lie still
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Your life may yet be saved if it 
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is God's blessed will
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Oh no said George that will not do
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 I want to die so free
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I want to die with the engine I 
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love one hundred and forty three


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The doctor said to Georgie your 
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life cannot be saved
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Murdered upon a railroad and laid
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 in a lonesome grave
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His face was covered up with blood
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 his eyes they could not see
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And the very last words poor 
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Georgie said was nearer my God to 
thee