Baltimore Fire (feat. Loudon Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright, Martha Wainwright & Chaim Tannenbaum)

Strong men in anguish pray

Calling out to the Heavens for aid

While the fire in ruins was laid

Fair Baltimore, the beautiful city

It was on a silver fault by a narrow

That I heard the cry I ever will remember

The fire set and cast its burning embers

On another faded city of our land

Fire! Fire! I heard the cry

From every breeze that passes by

All the world was one sad cry of pity

Strong men in anguish pray

Calling out to the Heavens for aid

While the fire in ruins was laid

Fair Baltimore, the beautiful city

Amid an awful struggle of commotion

The wind blew a gale from the ocean

Brave firemen struggled with devotion

But their efforts all proved in vain

Fire! Fire! I heard the cry

From every breeze that passes by

All the world was one sad cry of pity

Strong men in anguish pray

Calling out to the Heavens for aid

While the fire in ruins was laid

Fair Baltimore, the beautiful city