[Verse 1] Now, Miss Nancy ran a boarding house, with a faded sign that read Single rooms for single girls, no men allowed, it said The rumor had it that if a gentleman was willing to pay a fee He could always go down to Nancy Anns for some feminine company [Verse 2] Now, one night in June, in the billiard room I was chalking up with a friend He was set to break when through the door old Leo James ran in Theres a fire that just broke out, he yelled, And its down at Nancy Anns! So, we dropped our cue sticks on the floor and down the street we ran [Chorus] Though the flames were hot and the smoke was thick, not a single life was lost And the reason for the blaze was never found But it long will be remembered in our local history As the fire that nearly scandalized the town The night Miss Nancy Anns hotel for single girls burned down [Verse 3] When we got to the place the front was ablaze and so was the second floor So we crossed the track and went around to the back and stopped at the alley door We was catching our breath when the door flew open and knocked poor Leo flat And out through the smoke ran Mayor Will wearing nothing but a black silk hat [Verse 4] And right behind him with his shirt tail afire came our local chief of police And the Banker Jones with a redheaded girl hed always said was his niece Then I spied Miss Nancy Ann herself, helping someone out of the fire Her arm around the red bald head of old Judge McIntyre You might also like[Verse 5] A deacon, a dentist, a deputy sheriff, and one state congressman A county physician, the city mortician, out through the flames they ran A grand parade of girls in gowns and halfclad gentlemen Out through the heat and smoke that reeked of French perfume and gin [Chorus] Though the flames were hot and the smoke was thick, not a single life was lost And the reason for the blaze was never found But it long will be remembered in our local history As the fire that nearly scandalized the town The night Miss Nancy Anns hotel for single girls burned down The night Miss Nancy Anns hotel for single girls burned down [Verse 6] Everybody was out of that girls hotel by the time the roof caved in And we were heading back to the billiard hall when Leo turned to my friend He said, I believe that the funniest show Ive ever seen in town The socalled elite caught out in the street with their pompous purity down! [Chorus] Though the flames were hot and the smoke was thick, not a single life was lost And the reason for the blaze was never found But it long will be remembered in our local history As the fire that nearly scandalized the town The night Miss Nancy Anns hotel for single girls burned down
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