X:1
T:Fire Down Below
B:Singing Together, Summer 1951, BBC Publications
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
N:From "The Shanty Book", Part II, J Curwen and Sons Ltd.
M:6/8     %Meter
L:1/8     %
K:F
c3 c2 c |d3 d3 |c3 c2 A |G3- G2
w:Fire in the gal-ley, fire down be-low; *
G |F2 G AGF |G2 A B2 G |(A2 A) G2 G |F6 |
w: It's fetch a buck-et of wa-ter girls, there's fire_ down be-low.
c6 |d6 |c3 c2 A |G3- G2
w:Fire, fire, fire down be-low, *
G |F2 G AGF |B2 c d2 B |A3 G2 G |F6 |]
w: It's fetch a buck-et of wa-ter girls, there's fire down be-low.
W:Fire in the galley, fire down below;
W:It's fetch a bucket of water girls,
W:There's fire down below.
W:
W:(Chorus:)
W:Fire, fire, fire down below,
W:It's fetch a bucket of water girls,
W:There's fire down below.
W:
W:Fire in the fore-top, fire in the main;
W:It's fetch a bucket of water girls,
W:And put it out again.
W:
W:Fire in the fore-peak, fire down below,
W:It's fetch a bucket of water girls,
W:There's fire down below.
W:
W:Fire in the windlass, fire in the chain;
W:It's fetch a bucket of water girls,
W:And put it out again.
W:
W:Fire up aloft and fire down below,
W:It's fetch a bucket of water girls,
W:There's fire down below.
W:
W: