Engine 143

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    Along came the F15, the 
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swiftest on the line,
    running o’er the C&O road just 
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twenty minutes behind,
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    running into Cevile, head 
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porters on the line,
    receiving their strict orders 
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from a station just behind.

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    Georgie’s mother came to him 
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with a bucket on her arm,
    saying, “ My darling son, be 
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careful how you run.
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    For many a man has lost his 
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life in trying to make lost time,
    and if you run your engine 
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right, you’ll get there just on 
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time."

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    Up the road he darted, against
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 the rocks he crushed,
    upside down the engine turned 
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and Georgie’s breast did smash,
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    his head was against the 
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firebox door, the flames are rolling
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    “I’m glad I was born for an 
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engineer to die on the C&O road."

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    The doctor said to Georgie, “ 
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My darling boy, be still,
    your life may yet be saved, if 
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it is God’s blessed will."
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    “Oh no," said George, “ that 
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will not do, I want to die so free,
    I want to die for the engine I 
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love, one hundred and forty three."

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    The doctor said to Georgie, “ 
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Your life cannot be saved,
    murdered upon a railroad and 
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laid in a lonesome grave."
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    His face was covered up with 
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blood, his eyes they could not see,

    and the very last words poor 
Georgie said,
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    was, “Nearer, my God, to Thee."