Ben Dewberry's Final Run
Ben Dewberry was a great engineer
He told his fireman, don't you ever fear
All I want is some water and coal
Stick your head out the window, watch the gravel roll
While she starts to roll
As she starts to roll
Put your head out the window as she starts to roll
On the fateful morning, it began to rain
Around the curve come a passenger train
Ben Dewberry was an engineer
He put the throttle right open and without any fear
He didn't have no fear
He didn't have no fear
He had her running wide open without any fear
Ben looked at his watch, he shook his head
We may make Atlanta but we'll all be dead
The train went flying by the trustling switch
Without any warning and she took the ditch
She went in the ditch
Yes, she took the ditch
Without any warning and she took the ditch
The big locomotive jumped from the rail
Ben never lived to tell that awful day
His life was ended, his work was done
Ben Dewberry made his final run
Made his final run
He made his final run
Oh, Ben Dewberry made his final run
Jerry Douglas - Tennesse Fluxedo