Stompin' Tom Connors - Fire in the mine

^DThere was a grief among the people, in that northern Timmons town When ^Asomebody yelled fire, the ^Gmine is burnin ^Ddown ^DThen rushing to the surface came those McIntyre men Then they ^Areadied and prepared to let the ^Gfire fighters ^Din

^DThere's a ^Gfire way ^Adown in the ^Dmine

^DIt was February second in the year of sixty five A miner ^Alife was taken by the ^Gcarbon monox^Dide ^DThe gas had been created , way down a mile or so In the ^AMcIntyre hell fire six ^GThousand feet be^Dlow

^DThere's a ^Gfire, way ^Adown in the ^Dmine

^DThe call went through the northland For men to fight the flame From ^ASudbury to Noranda and ^Gfrom everywhere they ^Dcame ^DWith oxygen and gas masks, they worked for a month of days In a ^A150 degrees of heat, they ^Gfaught that gassy ^Dblaze

^DThere's a ^Gfire way ^Adown in the ^Dmine

^DThe deadly gas kept rising, in the McIntyre high Til it ^Aspread through the walls and the fire doors To the ^GHollinger mine near^Dby ^DFor nearly a thousand miners now, ther was no work below The ^Aword came from the office, boys we ^Ghave to let you ^Dgo

^DThere's a ^Gfire way ^Adown in the ^Dmine

^DThe smiles of hope now faded, many faces wore a frown Must we ^Asee our children hungry , must ^Ghave leave the ^Dtown ^DWill they have to close the mine up

Or will they ^Abeat the gassy hellfire ^Gsix thousand feet be^Dlow

^DThere's a ^Gfire way ^Adown in the ^Dmine

^DThen at last it was all over, they'd sealed the fire in As it ^Adied they called the miners, ^GSlowly back to work ^Dagain ^DSome may say that it was nothing, and the world may pass it by But the ^Apeople up in Timmins, will always ^Ghear that ^Dcry

^DThere's a ^Gfire way ^Adown in the ^Dhole ^DThere's a ^Gfire way ^Adown in the ^Dhole ^DThere's a ^Gfire way ^Adown in the ^Dhole ^DThere's a ^Gfire way ^Adown in the ^Dhole