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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Along came the FFV, the swiftest on the line,
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Running o'er the C&O road just twenty minutes behind
D D7 G D
Running into Cevile, head quarters on the line
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Receiving their strict orders from a station just behind