Sleepy John Estes — Fire Department Blues lyrics

Lyrics

Now go call the fire department: for my house is burning
down
You know that must be little Martha Hardin: because it’s
on the north side of town
I said the people is running: and I wonder who could it be You know that must be little Martha Hardin: I saw them
turn down on Wilson Street
When you see the chief: boys please clear the street
Because you know he’s going down: save little Martha
Hardin’s house for me She’s a hard‑working woman: you know her salary is very
small
Then when she pay up her house rent: that don’t leave
anything for insurance at all
Now I wrote little Martha a letter: five days it returned back to me You know little Martha Hardin’s house done burnt down:
she done moved on Bathurst Street