BALTIMORE FIRE

Eastern American folk song

Key: E

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It was on a sil-ver

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falls by a nar-row

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That I heard the cry

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I ev-er will re-mem-ber

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The fire sent and cast

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its burn-ing em-bers

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On an oth-er fat-ed cit-y

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Of our land

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Fire, fire, I heard the cry

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From ev-‘ry breeze that pass-es by

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All the world was one

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Sad cry of pi-ty

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Strong men in an-guish prayed

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Call-ing loud to Heav’n for aid

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While the fire in ruin was laying

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Fair Bal-ti-more the

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beau-ti-ful cit-y