{"id":7731,"date":"2014-02-28T10:37:45","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T14:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7731"},"modified":"2019-11-08T09:38:04","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T13:38:04","slug":"engine-143","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden-wp\/?p=7731","title":{"rendered":"Engine 143"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/images\/143.jpg\" width=\"500\/\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"audio\">\n<div class=\"alignright caption\"> <a href=\"?page_id=6069\">How do I download this Mp3?<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio_link\"> Mp3: <a href=\"http:\/\/ibiblio.org\/jimmy\/folkden\/php\/music\/143.mp3\">Engine 143 &#8211; Click To Play<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"about\">\nBecause I will be in Shanghai China on March 1, and not sure what Internet availability will be there, I&#8217;m releasing this a day early.&#8221;Engine 143&#8243; is a famous Carter Family song preserved in the Anthology of American Folk Music (Edited by Harry Smith). It&#8217;s a cautionary tale of a young lad too dedicated to his machine to save his life. Are we slaves to our machines? Georgie&#8217;s mother  warned him not to try to make up the time but to run his engine right. It&#8217;s a good reminder to always run our engines right.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lyrics-header\">Lyrics:<\/div>\n<div class=\"lyrics\">\n<p>[A] Along came the F15 &#8211; the [D] swiftest on the [A] line<br \/>\nRunning o&#8217;er the C&amp;O road &#8211; just [B] twenty minutes [E] behind<br \/>\n[A] Running into Cevile &#8211; [D] head porters on the [A] line<br \/>\nReceiving their strict orders &#8211; from a [E] station just [A] behind<\/p>\n<p>Georgie&#8217;s mother came to him &#8211; with a bucket on her arm<br \/>\nSaying my darling son &#8211; be careful how you run<br \/>\nFor many a man has lost his life &#8211; in trying to make lost time<br \/>\nAnd if you run your engine right &#8211; you&#8217;ll get there just on time<\/p>\n<p>Up the road he darted &#8211; against the rocks he crushed<br \/>\nUpside down the engine turned &#8211; and Georgie&#8217;s breast did smash<br \/>\nHis head was against the firebox door &#8211; the flames are rolling high<br \/>\n&#8220;I&#8217;m glad I was born for an engineer &#8211; to die on the C&amp;O line&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The doctor said to Georgie  &#8211; my darling boy be still<br \/>\nYour life may yet be saved &#8211; if it is God&#8217;s blessed will<br \/>\nOh no said George that will not do &#8211; I want to die so free<br \/>\nI want to die for the engine I love  &#8211; one hundred and forty three<\/p>\n<p>The doctor said to Georgie &#8211; your life cannot be saved<br \/>\nMurdered upon a railroad &#8211; and laid in a lonesome grave<br \/>\nHis face was covered up with blood &#8211; his eyes they could not see<br \/>\nAnd the very last words poor Georgie &#8211; said nearer my God to thee<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do I download this Mp3? 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