Engine 143 - June Carter

Along came the FFV, the swiftest on the line

Running o’er the C. n’O Road

Just 20 minutes behind

Running into Souville headquarters on the line

Receiving their strict orders

From a station just behind

Up the road she darted

Against the rock 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’m gonna be an engineer on the C. n’O Road to die.»

The doctor said to Georgie

My darling boy be still

Your life may yet be saved

If it is, God bless it will

Oh, no, said George that will not due

I want to die for free

I want to die for the engine I love

One hundred and forty three

Announcer: That’s fine that was little 10 year old June singing for you.

And what was the name of that number now?

June: I was just going to sing Engine 143.