Colter Wall - Engine 143

^CAlong come the FFV the s^Fwiftest on the ^Cline ^CRunning down the C&O road jus^D7t twenty minutes b^Gehind ^CRunning into Sou'ville headq^Fuarters on the l^Cine ^CReceiving their strict orders from a s^Gtation just beh^Cind

^CGeorgie's mother came to him with a b^Fucket on her a^Crm ^CSaying my darling boy be ca^D7reful how you ^Grun ^CCause many a man done lost his life ^Ftrying to make lost t^Cime ^CAnd if you run your engine right you'll m^Gake her just on ti^Cme

^COff the road, she darte^Fd into the rocks she^C crashed ^CThe engine she lay upside down a^D7nd Georgie's breast w^Gas smashed ^CHis head lay against the firebox ^Fdoor the flames were rolling ^Chigh ^CI'm proud to be born for an engineer on the^G C&O road to^C die

^CWell the doctor come to Georgi^Fe my darling boy^C lie still ^CYour life can yet be saved if it ^D7is God's blessed ^Gwill ^COh no oh no it will not do ^FI want to die so ^Cfree ^CI want to die with the engine I love one ^Ghundred and forty-^Cthree

^CThe doctor said to Georgie your ^Flife cannot be s^Caved ^CMurdered out on a railroad l^D7aid in a lonesome g^Grave ^CHis face was covered up with blood his ^Feyes you know could ^Cnot see ^CAnd the very last words poor Georgie said was ^Gnearer my God to ^Cthee ^CI want to die with the engine I love one ^Ghundred and forty-^Cthree