G                             C            G
Well, along come the FFV the swiftest on the line
G                           A           G
Running long the C&O road 20 min behind
G                                  C     
Running in the Subhill Headquaters on the 
G
line
G                                     A
Receivin' their strict orders from a station
    G
 just behind



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 against the firebox door and the flames were rolling high

Well I'm proud to be born for an 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 forty three



Then the doctor said to Georgie well you're life cannot be saved

Murdered out on the railroad, laid 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

[Thanks to Chris Spears for tabs]