Johnny Cash - Engine 143 lyrics

Along came the F15 the swiftest on the line
Running o'er the C&O road
Just twenty minutes behind
Running into Cevile head porters on the line
Receiving their strict orders from
A station just behind
Georgie's mother came to him with
A bucket on her arm
Saying my darling son be careful how you run
Many a man has lost his life
By trying to make lost time
And if you run your engine right
You'll get there just on time
Up the road she darted against
The rocks she crushed
Upside down the engine turned and
Georgie's breast did smash
His head was against the firebox door
The flames were rolling high
I'm glad I was born to be an
Engineer on the C&O road to die
The doctor said to Georgie my
Darling son be still
Your life may yet be saved if
It is God's blessed will
Oh no said George that will not do
I want to die so free
I want to die for the engine I
Love one hundred and forty three
The doctor said to Georgie your
Life cannot be saved
Murdered upon a railroad and laid
In a lonesome grave
His face was covered up with blood
His eyes you could not see
And the very last words that Georgie said
Was nearer my God to thee