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There was a grief among the people,
in that northern Timmons town
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When somebody yelled fire, the mine is burnin down
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Then rushing to the surface came those McIntyre men
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Then they readied and prepared to let the fire fighters in
[Chorus]
D G A D
There's a fire way down in the mine
[Verse 2]
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It was February second in the year of sixty five
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A miner life was taken by the carbon monoxide
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The gas had been created , way down a mile or so
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In the McIntyre hell fire six Thousand feet below
[Chorus]
D G A D
There's a fire, way down in the mine
[Verse 3]
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The call went through the northland
For men to fight the flame
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From Sudbury to Noranda and from everywhere they came
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With oxygen and gas masks, they worked for a month of days
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In a 150 degrees of heat, they faught that gassy blaze
[Chorus]
D G A D
There's a fire way down in the mine
[Verse 4]
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The deadly gas kept rising, in the McIntyre high
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Til it spread through the walls and the fire doors
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To the Hollinger mine nearby
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For nearly a thousand miners now, ther was no work below
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The word came from the office, boys we have to let you go
[Chorus]
D G A D
There's a fire way down in the mine
[Verse 5]
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The smiles of hope now faded, many faces wore a frown
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Must we see our children hungry , must have leave the town
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Will they have to close the mine up
Bringing trouble strife and woe
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Or will they beat the gassy hellfire six thousand feet below
[Chorus]
D G A D
There's a fire way down in the mine
[Verse 6]
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Then at last it was all over, they'd sealed the fire in
A
As it died they called the miners,
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Slowly back to work again
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Some may say that it was nothing, and the world may pass it by
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But the people up in Timmins, will always hear that cry
D G A D
There's a fire way down in the hole
D G A D
There's a fire way down in the hole
D G A D
There's a fire way down in the hole
D G A D
There's a fire way down in the hole
