Song Name: | Engine 143 | By: | Carter Family |
Posted By: | malotte | Difficulty: | Beginner |
Key: | D | Genre: | General |
Harp Type: | Any | ||
Created: | 2004-12-07 05:12:43 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | 4 4 4 -4 5 5 5
A-long come the F. F. V., G D -4 4 -4 4 4 4 The swift-est on the line, 6 6 6 5 6 -6 6 Run-ning o'er the C.'n' O. Road, E7 A 5 -4 -4 -4 -4 5 -4 Just twen-ty min-utes be-hind, D 6 6 6 5 6 6 Run-ning in-to Sou-ville, D7 G D 5 -4 4 -4 4 -3 4 He-ad quar-ters on the line; B7 4 4 4 4 -4 5 5 Re-ceiv-ing their strict or-ders E7 A7 D 5 5 -4 -4 5 -4 4 From a sta-tion just be-hind verse 2 Georgie's mother came to him, A bucket on her arm. Saying to herr darling son, "Be careful how you run; Many a man has lost his lift Trying to make lost time, And if you run your engine right, You'll get there just on time." verse 3 Up the road she darted, Against the rock she crushed, Upside down the engine turned And georgie's breast did smash His head against the fire-box door, The flames were rolling high. "I'm glad I was born for an engineer, On the C & O Road to die." verse 4 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," said George, "That will not do, I wantto die for the engine I love, One and Forty-Three." verse 5 The doctor said to Georgie, "Your life cannot be saved, Murdered upon the railroad, And laid in a lonesome grave." His face was covered up with blood, His eyes you could not see, And the very last words poor Georgie said, Were "Nearer, my God, to thee." |