Engine 143(Chords)

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Along came the F15 the swiftest on the line 
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Running o?er the C&O road just twenty minutes behind 
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Running into Cevile head porters on the line 
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Receiving their strict orders from a station just behind 


 
  
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Georgie?s mother came to him with a bucket on her arm 
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Saying my darling son be careful how you run 
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For many a man has lost his life in trying to make lost time 
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And if you run your engine right you?ll get there just on time 


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Up the road he darted against the rocks he crushed 
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Upside down the engine turned and Georgie?s breast did smash 
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His head was against the firebox door the flames are rolling high 
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I?m glad I was born for an engineer to die on the C&O road 

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The doctor said to Georgie my darling boy be still 
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Your life may yet be saved if it is God?s blessed will 
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Oh no said George that will not do I want to die so free 
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I want to die for the engine I love one hundred and forty three 


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The doctor said to Georgie your life cannot be saved 
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Murdered upon a railroad and laid in a lonesome grave 
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His face was covered up with blood his eyes they could not see 
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And the very last words poor Georgie said was nearer my God to thee 


Outro 
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Written by A.P. Carter