Engine 143 Lyrics - Johnny Cash

Along came the F15 the swiftest on the line 

Running o'er the C&O road just twenty minutes behind 

Running into Cevile head porters on the line 

Receiving their strict orders from a station just behind 

Georgie's mother came to him with a bucket on her arm 

Saying my darling son be careful how you run 

Many a man has lost his life by trying to make lost time 

And if you run your engine right you'll get there just on time 

Up the road she darted against the rocks she crushed 

Upside down the engine turned and Georgie's breast did smash 

His head was against the firebox door the flames were rolling high 

I'm glad I was born to be an engineer on the C&O road to die 

The doctor said to Georgie my darling son be still 

Your life may yet be saved if it is God's blessed will 

Oh no said George that will not do I want to die so free 

I want to die for the engine I love one hundred and forty three 

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The doctor said to Georgie your life cannot be saved 

Murdered upon a railroad and laid in a lonesome grave 

His face was covered up with blood his eyes you could not see 

And the very last words that Georgie said was nearer my God to thee 

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