Engine One-Forty-Three (Hd Remastered Edition)-A.P. Carter/Sara Carter/Maybelle Carter

[ti:Engine One-Forty-Three] [ar:The Carter Family] [al:The Essential Carter Family] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Engine One-Forty-Three (Hd Remastered Edition) - A.P. Carter/Sara Carter/Maybelle Carter [00:31.15]Along came the FFV the swiftest on the line [00:39.40]Running o'er the C & O road [00:43.69]Just 20 minutes behind [00:47.41]Running into Seville headquarters on the line [00:54.20]Receiving their strict orders [00:57.61]From a station just behind [01:01.80]Georgie's mother came to him [01:05.59]With a bucket on her arm [01:09.64]Saying my darling son [01:12.80]Be careful how you run [01:16.41]For many a man has lost his life [01:20.77]In trying to make lost time [01:24.45]And if you run your engine right [01:28.84]You'll get there just on time [01:33.65]Up the road she darted [01:37.01]Against the rocks she crashed [01:40.70]Upside-down the engine turned [01:44.97]And Georgie's breast it smashed [01:48.38]His head was against the firebox door [01:52.63]The flames were rolling high [01:56.34]I'm glad I was born for an engineer [02:00.81]To die on the C & O road [02:05.38]The doctor said to Georgie [02:08.71]My darling boy be still [02:12.29]Your life may yet be saved [02:15.78]If it is God's blessed will [02:19.32]Oh no said Georgie that will not do [02:23.65]I want to die so free [02:27.26]I want to die for the engine I love [02:31.55]One hundred and forty-three [02:36.11]The doctor said to Georgie [02:39.51]Your life cannot be saved [02:43.43]Murdered upon a railroad [02:46.56]And laid in a lonesome grave [02:50.09]His face was covered up with blood [02:54.45]His eyes you could not see [02:58.09]And the very last words poor Georgie said [03:02.43]Was nearer my God to Thee