THE ENGINEER'S CHILD As recorded by Hank Snow on RCA Victor 20-4096, 1951. 1. A little child on a sickbed lay, and death was very near. She was the pride and only child of a railroad engineer. His duty had called him from those he loved, and seeing that hope was dim, While a tear he shed, to his wife he said: "Just have two lanterns trim. CHORUS: "Just hang a light as I pass tonight; hang it where it can be seen. If our baby's dead, just show the red; if she's better, then show the green." 2. In a little house by the railroad track, a mother with watchful eye Saw a gleam of hope and a feeble smile as the train went rushing by. Just one short look was his only chance to see the light agleam. In the midnight air there arose a pray'r: "Thank God, the light was green." CHORUS
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