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The Palace Theater Fire (wire recorder version)

from The Complete Recordings of Hezekiah Procter (1925​-​1930) by Li'l Andy

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lyrics

‘Twas on a Sunday morning,
the sabbath prayers done
300 little children went to the Nickleodeon
They thought they’d enjoy the frolics
Of a movie matinee
They could not know they all would die
In the Palace Theater blaze

‘Twas 18-year-old Davey Hayes
Who first did sense the heat.
300 children screamed aloud
And jumped up to their feet
300 little children fell
And tumbled in the scrape
300 little children ran
To the only fire escape

Who is the man who lit the match
And watched the flames grow high?
Who is the man responsible
For the Palace Theater Fire?

(instrumental)

Who can tell the dreadful scene
At the movie theatre door?
Young ones fell, crushed underfoot
And trampled on the floor
They cry for dad and mother
But their little lungs are choked
And the movie flickers on the screen
Behind the rising smoke

‘Twas Constable Al Arpin
Who first came on the scene
He heard a voice he recognized
Amid the cries and screams
He ran into the theater dark
And found there at his feet
The body of his youngest child—
His daughter Emily

Who is the man who lit the match
And watched the flames grow high?
Who is the man responsible
For the Palace Theater Fire?

(instrumental)

Somewhere beyond this tragic scene
Is a man who sees the flames
That rise out from the theatre doors—
And no one knows his name
He watches as the firemen
Bring buckets filled with sand
And walks out through the gathering crowd
A matchbook in his hand

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from The Complete Recordings of Hezekiah Procter (1925​-​1930), released March 17, 2022

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