文本歌词

Along came the FFV the swiftest on the line
Running o'er the C&O road just twenty minutes behind
Running into Sewall it's quartered on the line
Receiving their strict orders from the station just behind
Georgie's mother came to him with a bucket on her arm
Said my darling son be careful how you run
For a many a man has lost his life in trying to make lost time
And if you run your engine right you'll get there just on time
Up the road she darted against the rocks she crashed
Upside down the engine turned and Georgie's breast did smack
His head was against the firebox door the flames were rolling high
I'm glad I was born for an engineer to die on the C&O road
The doctor said to Georgie my darling boy be still
Your life may yet be saved if it's God's blessed will
Oh no said Georgie that will not do I want to die so free
I want to die for the engine I love
One hundred and forty three
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
Was nearer my God to Thee