Engine 143

Joan Baez

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Along came the FFV the swiftest on the line Running o'er the C&O road just twenty minutes behind Running into Sou'ville 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 he darted against the rocks he crashed Upside down the engine turned and Georgie's breast was smashed His head lay against the firebox door the flames were rolling high I'm glad to be born for an engineer on the C&O road to die The doctor said to Georgie my darling boy lie 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 with 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 they could not see And the very last words poor Georgie said was nearer my God to thee

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La chanson raconte l'histoire tragique d'un jeune ingénieur de locomotive nommé Georgie, qui est sous pression pour arriver à destination rapidement. Sa mère l'avertit des dangers de cette précipitation, mais il continue malgré tout, déterminé à honorer son métier. Malheureusement, il finit par avoir un terrible accident, et alors qu'il se retrouve gravement blessé, il exprime son désir de mourir aux côtés de la locomotive qu'il aime tant. Dans ses derniers instants, il fait preuve d'un profond attachement à sa passion pour le ferroviaire, tout en évoquant une émouvante proximité avec Dieu. Cette chanson met en lumière les sacrifices que certains font pour leur travail et leur dévotion, même face à la mort.

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