Engine 143-Joan Baez

[00:00.00] 作词 : Alvin Pleasant Delaney a.P. Carter [00:01.00] 作曲 : Alvin Pleasant Delaney a.P. Carter [00:34.62]Along came the F-15 the swiftest on the line [00:43.50]Running over the C and O road just twenty minutes behind [00:51.84]Running into Sou'ville headquarters on the line [00:59.16]Receiving their strict orders from a station just behind [01:08.70]Georgie's mother came to him with a bucket on her arm [01:17.19]Saying, ‽My darling son, be careful how you run [01:24.78]Many a man has lost his life by trying to make lost time [01:32.94]But if you run your engine right, you'll get there just on time” [01:43.59]Up the road he darted against the rocks he crushed [01:51.24]Upside down the engine turned and Georgie's breast did smash [01:59.49]His head was against the firebox door the flames were rolling high [02:07.95]I'm glad I was born to be an engineer on the C and O road to die [02:18.24]The doctor said to Georgie, ‽My darling son be still [02:25.89]Your life may yet be saved if it is God's blessed will” [02:33.03]‽ Oh no”, said George, ‽That will not do I want to die so free [02:42.36]I want to die for the engine I love one hundred and forty three ” [02:53.16]The doctor said to Georgie, ‽Your life cannot be saved ” [03:00.90]Murdered upon a railroad and laid in a lonesome grave [03:08.04]His face was covered up with blood his eyes you could not see [03:16.71]The very last words poor Georgie said was, ‽Nearer my God to thee”