Fire And Flame

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Let me sing you a song, boys, of 
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fire and flame
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Of a French ammo ship, the 
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Mont-Blanc was her name
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How the brave Nova Scotia was 
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never the same
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On the morning when Halifax burned

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'Twas in early December 1917
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She was packed to the gills with 
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Grade A T-N-T
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They were bound for the fighting 
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in High Germany
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When towards them the other ship 
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turned

[Verse 2]
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The Norweigan ship Imo, some fault 
in her gears
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She struck Mont-Blanc's side like 
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the mightiest of spears
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And the benzol ignited the 
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captain's worst fears
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As the fire consumed bow to stern

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The people gazed on from their safe 
distant rooms
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Watched the soot and the smoke fill
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 the sky with their plumes
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But within, the ship's cargo would 
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spell all their dooms
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How were they to know to be 
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concerned?

[Verse 3]
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The crew rowed for shore, lest they
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 burn or they drown
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They cried, "Save your souls!" as 
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they ran through the town
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But their warnings were nothing 
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but strange foreign sounds
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For the townsfolk, no French had 
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they learned

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One man, Patrick Coleman, in the 
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railway's employ
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Sent word, "Stop the trains or 
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they'll all be destroyed
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This will be my last message, 
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farewell to you, boys"
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For a true hero's death he had 
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earned

[Verse 4]
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An explosion, colossal, when the 
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munitions blew
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Devastation and debris for miles 
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fired through
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The Mont-Blanc was gone, and the 
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town with it, too
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And the waters raged up in return

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There were heroes and angels all 
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fated to die
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Over two thousand souls laid to rest
 by-and-by
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We will always remember and lift 
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a glass high
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To the morning when Halifax burned