The Engineers Last Good Bye 1908

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 28 July 2010
2010

An engineer with pail in hand
Stood at his cottage door.
His wife kissed him more fervent
Than she ever did before.
His heart beat rapid with the thought
Without her life is vain.
And gazing in her eye he said
I'll soon be home again.

Good bye my dear
I'll soon return
Tho' you would bid me stay,
T'will be my last farewell my dear
For many a happy day.
Tho' railroad life holds many charms
Some other for you I'll try
Sweetheart mine 'tis our parting time
Was the engineers last good bye.

A fast express a midnight run
Trav'ling some minutes late
Due to another's carelessness.
Collided with a freight.
None went down to that awful death
Save that young engineer,
Don't weep but say good bye to her
He said with a parting tear.

Good bye my dear
I'll soon return
Tho' you would bid me stay,
T'will be my last farewell my dear
For many a happy day.
Tho' railroad life holds many charms
Some other for you I'll try
Sweetheart mine 'tis our parting time
Was the engineers last good bye.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Engineers Last Good Bye 1908
by Harry Moore
© MCMVIII by H.H.Sparks
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 28 July 2010 at 14.29
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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