Lyr. Add: OUT DE FIRE

Inspector Powell gave de command
When he heard the fire siren alarm

Out de fire
Out de fire down dey, out de fire.
Out de fire down dey.

Ev'ry body
Out de fire down dey, out de fire
Out de fire down dey.

Oh, well me friends, I say it sad
De worst fire in La Trinidad
Oh, well me friends, I say it sad
The worst fire in La Trinidad.

Oh, Miss Mary ran down de lane
To save some her sugar cane
Oh, Miss Mary ran down de lane
To save some her sugar cane.

No one came to the aid
Of the courageous fire brigade
No one came to the aid
Of the courageous fire brigade.

It was a most arduous bout
To put de big fire out
It was a most arduous bout
To put de big fire out.

Possibly based on a fire in the 1930s. Atilla the Hun sang a popular version of this old calypso.. Some made great use of orchestral fire bells, etc. Also recorded by Lord Flea.

With musical score and chords. Pp. 178-179.
Jim Morse, Coll.,1958, Folk Songs of the Caribbean, Bantam Books.