Oldtime Stringband

It was on a silver falls by a narrow
I heard a sound I ever will remember
The fire sent and cast its burning embers
On another fated city of our land.

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Fire! Fire! I heard the cry
On every breeze that passes by
All the world was one sad cry of Pity
Strong men in anguish prayed
Calling loud to Heaven for aid
While the fire in ruins was laying fair Baltimore, that beautiful city.

Amid an awful struggle of commotion
The wind blew a gale from the ocean
Brave firemen struggled with devotion
But their efforts were all proved in vain.

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The awful news did spread across the wire
Of another sad catastrophe so dire
That Baltimore city was afire
And sinking 'neath the foe's relentless hand.

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