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Ben Dewberry’s Final Run

Source Recording: Jerry Douglas (1987)

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Song Details

Alternate Title

Ben Dewberry's Last Run

Songwriter

Andrew Jenkins

First Release

Jimmie Rodgers (1928)

Genres

Folk Old Time

Themes

Train Death And Mourning

Popularity

Uncommon

Source Recording

Artist

Jerry Douglas

Album

Everything is Gonna Work Out Fine (1987)

Key D Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 72 BPM Length 2:57 ISRC USRO28211210

Musicians

Jerry Douglas — Lead Vocals, Dobro
Russ Barenberg — Guitar
Sharon Warren — Bass
Sharon White — Guitar

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Ben Dewberry was a great engineer

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He told his fireman don’t you ever fear

All I want is some water and coal

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Stick your head out the window watch the drivers roll

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While she starts to roll as she starts to roll

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Put your head out the window as she starts to roll

On the fatal morning it began to rain

Around the curve come a passenger train

Ben Dewberry was the engineer

With the throttle wide open and without any fear

He didn’t have no fear he didn’t have no fear

He had her runnin’ wide open without any fear

He looked at his watch shook his head

We may make Atlanta but we’ll all be dead

The train went flyin’ by the trusslin’ switch

Without any warning then she took the ditch

She went in the ditch yeah she took the ditch

Without any warning then she took the ditch

The big locomotive jumped from the rail

Ben never lived to tell that awful tale

His life was ended and his work was done

Ben Dewberry made his final run

He made his final run he made his final run

Oh Ben Dewberry made his final run

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