Baltimore Fire (G)
A Charlie Poole Song
Key: G
Copyright 1905?

File Created 11/23/2014
File Updated 04/30/2019


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Verse 1:

       G                G7         C
It was always through a falls by a narrow.
       G                           D7
That I heard a cry I ever shall re-member,
    G                              C
The fire sent and cast its burning embers
      D7                      G
On an-other fated city of our land.

Chorus:

G                       G7
Fire, fire, I heard the cry
     C                 G
From every breeze that passes by,
C                 G              D7
All the world was one sad cry of pity

G                   G7
Strong men in angry praise,
C               G
Calling loud to heaven for aid,
C                 G
While the fire in ruin was laying
     D7                       G
Fair Baltimore, the beautiful city

Verse 2:

  G            G7             C
A-mid an awful struggle of co-mmotion,
    G                         D7
The wind blew a gale from the ocean,
      G                         C
Brave firemen struggled with de-votion,
         D7                  G
But they after all proved in vain.

Chorus Repeat:

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