комментированный список 1961 "Джоан Баэз, том 2"

Engine 143 aka The Wreck on the C&O (Traditional)

Along came the FFV, the swiftest on the line,
Running o'er the C&O road just twenty minutes behind
Running into Cevile, head quarters on the line 
Receiving their strict orders from a station just behind 

Georgie's mother came to him with a bucket on her arm 
She said, My darling son be careful how you run 
There's many a man has lost his life in trying to make lost time 
But if you run your engine right you'll get there just on time 

Up the track she darted into a rock she crashed 
Upside down the engine turned and Georgie's breast did smash 
His head lit 'gainst the firebox door, the flames were rolling high 
I'm proud to be born for 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 blessed will 
Oh no, cried George this will not do, I'd rather die so free 
I want to die for the engine I love one hundred and forty three 

And the doctor said to Georgie, Your life cannot be saved 
Murdered upon a railway and laid in a lonesome grave 
His face was covered up with blood, his eyes they could not see 
And the very last words poor Georgie cried were Nearer my God to Thee
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  D            D7         G              D
Along came the FFV, the swiftest on the line,
 D                               E7              A7
Running o'er the C&O road just twenty minutes behind
 D                   D7   G              D
Running into Cevile, head quarters on the line 
    D                  E7              A7            D
Receiving their strict orders from a station just behind