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BEN DUBERRY’S FINAL RUN Sung by: Otis Spradling Recorded in Sitka, AR 8/4/61 Click here to listen to the original recording He told his fireman, “Don’t you ever fear, ‘Cause all I want is water and coal. Put your head out the window; Watch the drivers roll. Watch the drivers roll. Put your head out the window; Watch the drivers roll.” Ben Duberry said before he died, There’s two more roads that he wanted to ride. The fireman asked him, “What could it be?” He said, “The old Northeastern and the A & G.” Yes, the A & G. Yes, the A & G. He said, “The old Northeastern and the A & G.” On the fatal morning it begin to rain. Around the curve come a passenger train. Ben Duberry was the engineer; He had her running wide open without any fear, Without any fear, Yes, without any fear. He had her running wide open without any fear. (Makes train whistle sound.) (Comment by Mr. Spradling: “This is Otis Spradling on August 4th, recording ‘Ben Duberry’s Final Run,’ sung by Jimmy Rogers, one of the greatest singers I think that ever was in the United States.”) |
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