“The Engineer”
Description
Singer, an old engineer, tells his friend (and fireman?) Joe about the wreck on the Elgin branch, where two locomotives collided in a storm and his daughter was killed. He looks forward to the day when his own death will reunite him with his child
Notes
The local references place the story in northern Illinois, which was Lester Coffee's home. - PJS
Recordings
- Lester A. Coffee, "The Engineer" (AFS 8419 A, 1946; on LC61)
References
- Roud #8586
- BI, RcThEngi