Baltimore Fire (chrom)

by Eastern American folk song

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BALTIMORE FIRE chrom
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