Collinwood Fire

Lyrics

[Spoken Intro: Glenn Schwartz & Dan Auerbach] Oh yeah, let's see, uh, Collinwood fire? Yeah, Collinwood fire Yeah that's a hard one, yeah, that's a good [Verse 1] Oh Collinwood What went wrong with you? What have you done to deserve such thing? Oh Collinwood, oh Collinwood A hundred and seventy two children, they lay dead A long time ago [Verse 2] The fire trucks came Oh, too late, it was too late A hundred seventy two children, they lay dead Long time ago March fourth date, 1908 Suffer, little children Suffer, little children [Verse 3] Wasn't that a sad time, wasn't that a sad time? Long time ago Severe penalty to fall, upon those to blame Janitor Hirter, Eber Adams, Zimmerman A hundred seventy two children, they lay dead Hard times, hard times