Ben Dewberrys Final Run

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[Verse 1]
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Ben Dewberry was a brave engineer, 
he told his fireman: Don't you ever 
fear?
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All I want is the water and coal, 
put your head out the window, watch 
the drivers roll

[Chorus 1]
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Watch the drivers roll, watch the 
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drivers roll
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Put your head out the window, watch
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 the drivers roll

[Break]
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[Verse 2]
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Ben Dewberry said before he died:  
Two more roads that he wanted to 
ride
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His fireman asked him what could 
they be:  Said the old Northeastern 
and the A and B

[Chorus 2]
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The A and B, he said the A and B
Continúa después del anuncio
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It's the old Northeastern and the A
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 and B

[Break]
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[Verse 3]
C
On the fatal morning it began to 
rain, around the curve come a 
passenger train
C
Ben Dewberry was the engineer, with 
the throttle wide open and without 
any fear

[Chorus 3]
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He didn't have no fear, he didn't 
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have no fear
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He had her runnin' wide open 
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without any fear

[Interlude]
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[Verse 4]
C
Ben looked at his watch, shook his 
head, we may make Atlanta but we'll 
all be dead
C
The train went flyin' by the trestle
 and switch, without any warning 
then she took the ditch

[Chorus 4]
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Yeah she went in the ditch, well 
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she took the ditch
C
Without any warning, then she took 
the ditch

[Break]
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[Verse 5]
C
The big locomotive leaped from the 
rail, Ben never lived to tell that 
awful tale
C
His life was ended and his work was 
done, when Ben Dewberry made his 
final run

[Otro]
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He made his final run, he made his 
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final run
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When Ben Dewberry made his final run