Collinwood Fire

[Spoken Intro: Glenn Schwartz & Dan Auerbach]
Oh yeah, let's see, uh, Collinwood fire?
Yeah, Collinwood fire
Yeah that's a hard one, yeah, that's a good

[Verse 1]
Oh Collinwood
What went wrong with you?
What have you done to deserve such thing?
Oh Collinwood, oh Collinwood
A hundred and seventy two children, they lay dead
A long time ago

[Verse 2]
The fire trucks came
Oh, too late, it was too late
A hundred seventy two children, they lay dead
Long time ago
March fourth date, 1908
Suffer, little children
Suffer, little children

[Verse 3]
Wasn't that a sad time, wasn't that a sad time?
Long time ago
Severe penalty to fall, upon those to blame
Janitor Hirter, Eber Adams, Zimmerman
A hundred seventy two children, they lay dead
Hard times, hard times