Key: A major
Verse 1
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Bm
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Now, Miss Nancy ran a boarding house,
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with a faded sign that read
"Single rooms for single girls,
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no men allowed," it said
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gentleman was willing to pay a fee
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He could always go down
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For some feminine company
Verse 2
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Now, one night in June, in the billiard room
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"There,s a fire that just
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So, we dropped our cue sticks on the floor
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an d down the street we ran
Verse 3
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blaze was never found
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in our local history
As the fire that nearly scandal
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ized the town
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The night Miss Nancy Ann's hotel for single
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girls burned down
Verse 4
When we got to the place the front
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floor
So we crossed the track
and went around in the back
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We was catching our breath
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An d knocked poor Leo flat
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Wearing nothing but a black silk hat
Verse 5
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And right behind him with his shirt Tail afire
came our local chief
Then the Banker Jones with a
said was his niece
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Em
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Then I spied Miss Nancy Ann herself,
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helping someone out of the fire
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Her arm around the red bald head
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of Old Judge McIntyre
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A deacon, a dentist, a deputy sheriff, an d one
Verse 6
state congressman
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A grand parade of girls and gals an
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d half- clad gentlemen
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Out through the heat and smoke
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That reeked of French perfume
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Though the flames were hot and the smoke was thick
Verse 7
was lost
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And the reason for the blaze
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was never found
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in our local history
As the fire that nearly scandal
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ized the town
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The night Miss Nancy Ann's hotel for
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single girls burned down
Verse 8
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He said, "I believe that the funniest
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The so- called elite caught out
in the street
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With their pompous purity down!"
Verse 9
were hot
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blaze was never found
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But it long will be remembered
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in our local history
As the fire that nearly scandal
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C
ized the town
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Bm
The night Miss Nancy Ann's hotel
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for single girls burned down
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