Jimmie Rodgers – Ben Dewberrys Final Run (Guitar)

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Ben Dewberry was a brave engineer, he told his fireman: Don't you ever fear?

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All I want is the water and coal, put your head out the window, watch the drivers roll

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Watch the drivers roll, watch the drivers roll

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Put your head out the window, watch the drivers roll

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Ben Dewberry said before he died:  Two more roads that he wanted to ride

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His fireman asked him what could they be:  Said the old Northeastern and the A and B

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The A and B, he said the A and B

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It's the old Northeastern and the A and B

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On the fatal morning it began to rain, around the curve come a passenger train

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Ben Dewberry was the engineer, with the throttle wide open and without any fear

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He didn't have no fear, he didn't have no fear

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He had her runnin' wide open without any fear

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Ben looked at his watch, shook his head, we may make Atlanta but we'll all be dead

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The train went flyin' by the trestle and switch, without any warning then she took the ditch

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Yeah she went in the ditch, well she took the ditch

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Without any warning, then she took the ditch

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The big locomotive leaped from the rail, Ben never lived to tell that awful tale

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His life was ended and his work was done, when Ben Dewberry made his final run

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He made his final run, he made his final run

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When Ben Dewberry made his final run