Engine 143

General Information
Performer: The Carter Family

Instrumentation: Autoharp- Sara Carter, Guitar- Maybelle Carter

Date of recording: 1929

Record label: Victor

Serial #:40089B

Summary
(As summarized by Harry Smith, The Anthology Of American Folk Music) "GEORGIE RUNS INTO ROCK AFTER MOTHER'S WARNING. DIES WITH THE ENGINE HE LOVES". (6)

Information On This Song
This Ballad is a rendition of The Wreck On The C&O.

Albums Featuring This Song

 * The Anthology Of American Folk Music
 * Diamonds In The Rough (album)
 * Black Diamond Express To Hell
 * On Border Radio
 * Lonesome Pine Special (album)
 * The Carter Family: 1927-1934
 * The Acme Sessions
 * In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain (album)
 * My Clinch Mountain Home (album)
 * Country And Folk Roots
 * Sunshine In The Shadows (album)
 * Country Music Legends (carter family)
 * Country Hit Parade: The Carter Family
 * Famous Country Music Makers (carter family)

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