Engine 143-Joan Baez

[ti:Engine 143] [ar:Joan Baez] [al:The Joan Baez Country Music Al] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Engine 143 - Joan Baez (琼·贝兹) [00:35.08]Along came the F15 the swiftest on the line [00:43.83]Running o'er the C&O road just [00:49.08]Twenty minutes behind [00:51.96]Running into Cevile head [00:56.39]Porters on the line [00:59.58]Receiving their strict [01:01.96]Orders from a station just behind [01:08.08] [01:09.27]Georgie's mother came to him [01:13.46]With a bucket on her arm [01:17.33]Saying my darling son [01:21.21]Be careful how you run [01:24.77]For many a man has lost his life [01:29.77]In trying to make lost time [01:33.33]And if you run your engine right [01:38.21]You'll get there just on time [01:42.21] [01:44.27]Up the road he darted against the rocks he crushed [01:51.14] [01:51.71]Upside down the engine turned [01:56.02]And Georgie's breast did smash [01:59.89]His head was against the firebox door [02:04.52]The flames are rolling high [02:08.46]I'm glad I was born for an engineer [02:13.36]See the old road to die [02:17.42] [02:18.99]The doctor said to Georgie [02:22.80]My darling boy be still [02:26.43]Your life may yet be saved [02:30.18]If it is God's blessed will [02:34.30]Oh no said George that will [02:37.11]Not do I want to die so free [02:43.05]I want to die for the engine [02:46.05]I love one hundred and forty three [02:52.12] [02:53.68]The doctor said to Georgie your life [02:58.36]Cannot be saved [03:01.55]Murdered upon a railroad [03:04.42]And laid in a lonesome grave [03:08.68]His face was covered up with [03:11.61]Blood his eyes they could not see [03:17.36]And the very last words poor Georgie [03:20.42]Said was nearer my God to thee