Engine One - Forty - Three-The Carter Family

[ti:Engine One-Forty-Three] [ar:The Carter Family] [al:The Essential Carter Family] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Engine One - Forty - Three - The Carter Family (卡特家族) [00:31.23]Along came the FFV the swiftest on the line [00:39.47]Running o'er the C & O road [00:43.76]Just 20 minutes behind [00:47.48]Running into Seville headquarters on the line [00:54.27]Receiving their strict orders [00:57.68]From a station just behind [01:01.87]Georgie's mother came to him [01:05.66]With a bucket on her arm [01:09.71]Saying my darling son [01:12.87]Be careful how you run [01:16.49]For many a man has lost his life [01:20.85]In trying to make lost time [01:24.53]And if you run your engine right [01:28.92]You'll get there just on time [01:33.73]Up the road she darted [01:37.09]Against the rocks she crashed [01:40.78]Upside-down the engine turned [01:45.05]And Georgie's breast it smashed [01:48.46]His head was against the firebox door [01:52.71]The flames were rolling high [01:56.42]I'm glad I was born for an engineer [02:00.89]To die on the C & O road [02:05.46]The doctor said to Georgie [02:08.79]My darling boy be still [02:12.37]Your life may yet be saved [02:15.86]If it is God's blessed will [02:19.40]Oh no said Georgie that will not do [02:23.73]I want to die so free [02:27.34]I want to die for the engine I love [02:31.63]One hundred and forty-three [02:36.19]The doctor said to Georgie [02:39.58]Your life cannot be saved [02:43.50]Murdered upon a railroad [02:46.63]And laid in a lonesome grave [02:50.16]His face was covered up with blood [02:54.52]His eyes you could not see [02:58.16]And the very last words poor Georgie said [03:02.50]Was nearer my God to Thee