Engine One-Forty-Three-The Carter Family

[ti:Engine One-Forty-Three] [ar:The Carter Family] [al:The Carter Family Selected Favorites, Vol. 3] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Engine One-Forty-Three - The Carter Family (卡特家族) [00:31.13]Along came the FFV the swiftest on the line [00:37.73] [00:39.45]Running o'er the C and O road [00:42.25] [00:43.53]Just 20 minutes behind [00:45.43] [00:47.33]Running into Seville headquarters on the line [00:52.66] [00:54.21]Receiving their strict orders [00:56.35] [00:57.73]From a station just behind [00:59.62] [01:01.64]Georgie's mother came to him [01:04.37] [01:05.67]With a bucket on her arm [01:07.82] [01:09.63]Saying my darling son [01:11.38] [01:12.82]Be careful how you run [01:14.95] [01:16.41]For many a man has lost his life [01:19.45] [01:20.84]In trying to make lost time [01:22.93] [01:24.37]And if you run your engine right [01:27.39] [01:28.79]You'll get there just on time [01:30.96] [01:33.63]Up the road she darted [01:35.45] [01:36.82]Against the rocks she crashed [01:38.83] [01:40.61]Upside down the engine turned [01:43.25] [01:44.71]And Georgie's breast it smashed [01:46.88] [01:48.34]His head was against the firebox door [01:51.46] [01:52.65]The flames were rolling high [01:54.89] [01:56.28]I'm glad I was born for an engineer [01:58.63] [02:00.78]To die on the C and O road [02:03.07] [02:05.27]The doctor said to Georgie [02:07.23] [02:08.69]My darling boy be still [02:10.75] [02:12.19]Your life may yet be saved [02:14.31] [02:15.49]If it is God's blessed will [02:17.84] [02:19.23]Oh no said Georgie that will not do [02:22.28] [02:23.64]I want to die so free [02:25.76] [02:27.19]I want to die for the engine I love [02:30.23] [02:31.52]One hundred and 43 [02:32.93] [02:36.06]The doctor said to Georgie [02:37.98] [02:39.42]Your life can not be saved [02:41.51] [02:43.26]Murdered upon a railroad [02:45.35] [02:46.49]And laid in a lonesome grave [02:48.61] [02:50.01]His face was covered up with blood [02:53.02] [02:54.33]His eyes you could not see [02:56.58] [02:57.92]And the very last words poor Georgie said [03:00.99] [03:02.43]Was nearer my God to thee