“The Baltimore Fire”

Description

"It was on a silver falls by a narrow That I heard a cry I ever will remember... Fire, fire, I heard the cry From every breeze that passes by... While in ruin the fire was laying Fair Baltimore, the beautiful city." About the terrible fire in Baltimore

Historical references

  • Feb. 7-8, 1904 - Fire wipes out practically the entire downtown section of Baltimore.

Recordings

  • New Lost City Ramblers, "Baltimore Fire" (on NLCR03)
  • Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers, "Baltimore Fire" (Columbia 15509-D, 1930; rec. 1929; on CPoole02)

References

  1. Cohen/Seeger/Wood, p. 97, "Baltimore Fire" (1 text, 1 tune)
  2. Rorrer, p. 87, "Baltimore Fire" (1 text)
  3. DT, BALTFIRE*
  4. Roud #12392
  5. BI, CSW097

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1929 (recording, Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers; first printed in Maury's Songster of about 1905)
Keywords: disaster fire
Found in: US(SE)