Sam Moss - Engine 143 lyrics

Along came the FFV, the swiftest on the line
Coming down the C&O road 20 minutes behind
Coming into Seville headquarters on the line
Receiving strict orders from the
Station just behind

Georgie's mother came to him with
A bucket on her arm
She said, "My darling boy
Be careful how you run
It's many a man who has lost his
Life just trying to make lost time
And if you run your engine right
You'll get there just on time"

And up the road she darted
Into the rocks she crashed
The engine car turned upside
Down, and Georgie's breast, it smashed
His head lay against the firebox door
And the flames were rolling high
I'm proud to be born an engineer
On the C&O road to die

The doctor said to Georgie, "My darling boy
Be still your life may yet be saved if
It is God's precious will"
"Oh no, oh no" he cried so loud
"I long to die so free
I long to die for the engine I love
One hundred and forty-three"

The doctor said to Georgie
"Your life cannot be saved"
Murdered out on the railway and
Laid in a lonesome grave
His face was covered up in blood, his eyes
They could not see
And the very last words that Georgie
Spoke were, "Nearer, my God, to Thee"