Engine One-Forty-Three - Original-The Carter Family

[ti:Engine One-Forty-Three - Original] [ar:The Carter Family] [al:The Carter Family Selected Favorites, Vol. 3] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Engine One-Forty-Three - Original - The Carter Family (卡特家族) [00:31.32]Along came the FFV the swiftest on the line [00:38.45] [00:39.50]Running o'er the C and O road [00:43.59]Just 20 minutes behind [00:46.26] [00:47.38]Running into Seville headquarters on the line [00:53.44] [00:54.29]Receiving their strict orders [00:57.69]From a station just behind [01:00.61] [01:01.65]Georgie's mother came to him [01:05.82]With a bucket on her arm [01:08.64] [01:09.60]Saying my darling son be careful how you run [01:15.59] [01:16.61]For many a man has lost his life [01:20.92]In trying to make lost time [01:23.77] [01:24.53]And if you run your engine right [01:28.96]You'll get there just on time [01:31.85] [01:33.81]Up the road she darted against [01:37.71]The rocks she crashed [01:39.65] [01:40.74]Upside-down the engine turned [01:44.92]And Georgie's breast it smashed [01:47.71] [01:48.51]His head was against the firebox door [01:52.87]The flames were rolling high [01:55.73] [01:56.37]I'm glad I was born for an engineer to [02:01.05]Die on the C and O road [02:03.75] [02:05.37]The doctor said to Georgie [02:08.88]My darling boy be still [02:11.71] [02:12.30]Your life may yet be saved [02:15.87]If it is God's blessed will [02:18.62] [02:19.41]Oh no said Georgie that will not do [02:23.85]I want to die so free [02:26.71] [02:27.36]I want to die for the engine I love [02:31.72]One hundred and forty-three [02:34.75] [02:36.27]The doctor said to Georgie [02:39.66]Your life cannot be saved [02:42.56] [02:43.42]Murdered upon a railroad [02:46.76]And laid in a lonesome grave [02:49.45] [02:50.24]His face was covered up with blood [02:54.63]His eyes you could not see [02:57.44] [02:58.05]And the very last words poor Georgie said was nearer [03:03.45]My God to Thee