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Engine One-Forty-Three
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Vocal
Engine One-Forty-Three was released on June 12, 2026 by Classic Band Heritage as a part of the album Letters from the Mountain Road
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Release DateJune 12, 2026
LabelClassic Band Heritage
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Carter Family
The Carter Family
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
A.P. Carter
A.P. Carter
Composer, Lyrics
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
The Carter Family
The Carter Family
Producer

Lyrics

Along came the F. F. B., the swiftest on the line
Running o'er the C & O road just twenty minutes behind
Running into Seville headquarters on the line
Receiving their strict orders from a station just behind
Georgie's mother came to him with a bucket on her arm
Saying, "My darling son, be careful how you run
For 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 it smashed
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 is God's blessed will."
"Oh no," said George, "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 a 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."
Written by: A.P. Carter
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