[00:01.35]Engine One-Forty-Three
[00:03.33]The Carter Family
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[00:31.48]Along came the FFV, the swiftest on the line
[00:39.82]Running o'er the C & O road just 20 minutes behind
[00:47.80]Running into Seville headquarters on the line
[00:54.66]Receiving their strict orders from a station just behind
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[01:02.49]Georgie's mother came to him with a bucket on her arm
[01:10.29]Saying, my darling son, be careful how you run
[01:17.17]For many a man has lost his life in trying to make lost time
[01:25.15]And if you run your engine right you'll get there just on time
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[01:34.43]Up the road she darted, against the rocks she crashed
[01:41.59]Upside-down the engine turned, and Georgie's breast it smashed
[01:49.44]His head was against the firebox door, the flames were rolling high
[01:57.44]I'm glad I was born for an engineer to die on the C & O road “
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[02:06.32]The doctor said to Georgie, my darling boy, be still
[02:13.30]Your life may yet be saved if it is God's blessed will
[02:20.51]Oh, no, said Georgie, that will not do, I want to die so free
[02:28.74]I want to die for the engine I love, one hundred and forty-three
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[02:37.55]The doctor said to Georgie, your life cannot be saved
[02:45.05]Murdered upon a railroad and laid in a lonesome grave
[02:51.77]His face was covered up with blood, his eyes you could not see
[02:59.92]And the very last words poor Georgie said was nearer, my God, to Thee