Engine 143

[Verse] Along came the FFV the swiftest on the line Running o'er the C&O road just twenty minutes behind Running into Sevile head quarters on the line Receiving very strict orders to get there just on time Georgie's mother came to him with a basket on her arm She said my darling son be careful how you run For many a man has lost his life in trying to make lost time But if you run your engine right you'll get there just on time Up the track he darted into the rocks he crashed 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 proud to be born an engineer and see my road to die The doctor said to Georgie my darling boy be still Your life may yet be saved if it is God's blessed will Oh no cried George that will not do I'd rather die so free I want to die for the engine I love one hundred and forty three The doctor said to Georgie your life cannot be saved Murdered upon a rail-road and laid in a lonesome grave His face was covered up with blood his eyes they could not see And the very last words poor Georgie said was nearer my God to thee