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[Intro]
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Play in song when these chords appear
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[Verse 1]
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Now Miss Nancy Ann ran a boardin' house with a faded sign that read
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"Single Rooms For Single Girls No Men Allowed" it said
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But rumor had it that a gentleman with a yen for love for a fee
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Could always go to Nancy Ann's for some feminine company
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Well one night in June in the billiard room was I chalking up with a friend
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He was set to break when the door burst open and Leo James rushed in
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He yelled there's a fire that's just broke out and it's down at Nancy Ann's
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So we dropped our cues on the poolroom floor and down the street we ran
[Refrain]
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Though the flames were hot and the smoke was thick not a single life was lost
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And the reason for the blaze was never found
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But it long will be remembered in our local history
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As the fire that fairly scandalized the town
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The night Miss Nancy Ann's Hotel For Single Girls burned down
[Intro]
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[Verse 2]
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When we got to the place the front was a blaze and so was the second floor
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So we cut around the side and up the alley and stopped aside the back door
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We were catching our breath when the door flew open and knocked poor Leo flat
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And out through the smoke ran Mayor Wills wearin' nothing but a black silk hat
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And right behind him with his shirt tail afire came the local chief of police
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And banker Jones with the red-haired girl he always said was his niece
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And then I spied Miss Nancy Ann herself helping someone else out of the fire
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Her arm around the red bald head of old Judge McEntire
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A deacon a dentist a deputy sheriff and one state congressman
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The county physician the city mortician out through the flames they ran
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The grand parade of girls in gowns and hat clad gentlemen
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Through the thick gray smoke that certainly smelled like french perfume and gin
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Though the flames were hot and the smoke was thick not a single life was lost
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And the reason for the blaze was never found
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But it long will be remembered in our local history
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As the fire that fairly scandalized the town
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The night Miss Nancy Ann's Hotel For Single Girls burned down
[Verse 3]
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Now everybody was out at the girl's hotel by the time the roof caved in
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We were headin' back to the billiard hall when Leo turned to my friend
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He said I believe that's the funniest show I've ever seen in town
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The so called elite caught out in the street with their pompous purity down
[Refrain]
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Though the flames were hot and the smoke was thick not a single life was lost
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And the reason for the blaze was never found
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But it long will be remembered in our local history
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As the fire that fairly scandalized the town
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The night Miss Nancy Ann's Hotel For Single Girls burned down
