Well along come the ffv the swiftest on the line
Running long the c&o road 20 min behind
Running in the subhill headquaters on the line
Receivin' their strict orders from a station just
behid Well Georgie's mother come to him with a
bucket on her arm Saying my darlin' boy be careful
how you run Well it's many a man has lost his life
in trying to make lost time But if you run your
engine right you'll make it just on time Aw but
off of the road she darted and into the rocks she
crashed Well the engine she laid upside down and
Georgie's breast was smashed Well his head lay
gainst the firebox door and the flames were
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engineer on the c&o road to die Well the
doctor come to Georgie my darlin' boy be still
Well your life can yet be saved if it is god's
bless it will Oh no no it will not do. I wanna fly
so free Well i wanna die with the engine i love a
hundred fourty three Then the doctor said to
Georgie well you're life cannot be saved Murdered
out on the railroad, layed in a lonesome grave But
his face was all covered up with blood, his eyes
they could not see And the very last words that g
spoke were near my god to thee