Along came the F15 the swiftest on the line
Running along the C&O road just twenty minutes behind
Running into Cevile head porters 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
For 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

Off the truck he darted against the rocks he crushed
Upside down the engine turned and Georgie's breast did smash
His head laid against the firebox door the flames were rolling high
I'm proud I was born for an engineer on 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 that 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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