Engine 143-The Carter Family/Preston Young

[ti:Engine 143] [ar:The Carter Family] [al:Wildwood Flower] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Engine 143 - The Carter Family (卡特家族)/Preston Young [00:31.58]Along came the F15 the swiftest on the line [00:39.00] [00:39.72]Running o'er the C&O road [00:43.78]Just twenty minutes behind [00:47.65]Running into Cevile head porters on the line [00:53.75] [00:54.46]Receiving their strict orders [00:57.74]From a station just behind [01:00.91] [01:01.89]Georgie's mother came to him [01:05.75]With a bucket on her arm [01:08.84] [01:09.89]Saying my darling son be careful how you run [01:16.01] [01:16.55]For many a man has lost his life [01:20.83]In trying to make lost time [01:24.60]And if you run your engine right [01:28.76]You'll get there just on time [01:32.60] [01:33.82]Up the road he darted against [01:37.95]The rocks he crushed [01:40.79]Upside down the engine turned [01:44.70]And Georgie's breast did smash [01:48.50]His head was against the firebox [01:51.27]Door the flames are rolling high [01:56.44]I'm glad I was born for an [01:58.46]Engineer to die on the C&O road [02:04.15] [02:05.32]The doctor said to Georgie [02:08.77]My darling boy be still [02:12.30]Your life may yet be saved [02:15.75]If it is God's blessed will [02:19.31]Oh no said George that will [02:21.87]Not do I want to die so free [02:27.24]I want to die for the engine [02:30.05]I love one hundred and forty three [02:34.69] [02:36.05]The doctor said to Georgie [02:39.45]Your life cannot be saved [02:43.30]Murdered upon a railroad [02:46.37]And laid in a lonesome grave [02:49.97]His face was covered up with blood [02:54.24]His eyes they could not see [02:57.88]And the very last words poor Georgie [03:00.74]Said was nearer my God to thee