Along came the F15 the swiftest on the line
Running o´er 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
Saying my darling son be careful how you run
Many a man has lost his life by 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 crushed
Upside down the engine turned and Georgie´s breast did smash
His head was against the firebox door the flames were rolling high
I´m glad I was born to be an engineer on the C&O road to die
The doctor said to Georgie my darling son 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 that Georgie said was nearer my God to thee