Engine 143-Joan Baez

[00:00.00] 作词 : Carter [00:35.97]Engine 143 [00:39.03]Along came the F15 the swiftest on the line [00:44.97]Running o'er the C&O road just twenty minutes behind [00:50.10]Running into Cevile head porters on the line [00:59.19]Receiving their strict orders from a station just behind [01:09.33]Georgie's mother came to him with a bucket on her arm [01:17.28]Saying my darling son be careful how you run [01:24.84]For many a man has lost his life in trying to make lost time [01:34.26]And if you run your engine right you'll get there just on time [01:40.50]Up the road he darted against the rocks he crushed [01:51.42]Upside down the engine turned and Georgie's breast did smash [01:59.61]His head was against the firebox door the flames are rolling high [02:08.16]I'm glad I was born for an engineer to die on the C&O road [02:18.57]The doctor said to Georgie my darling boy be still [02:24.87]Your life may yet be saved if it is God's blessed will [02:34.02]Oh no said George that will not do I want to die so free [02:42.66]I want to die for the engine I love one hundred and forty three [02:50.64]The doctor said to Georgie your life cannot be saved [03:01.17]Murdered upon a railroad and laid in a lonesome grave [03:08.46]His face was covered up with blood his eyes they could not see [03:16.98]And the very last words poor Georgie said was nearer my God to thee