Now go call the fire department : for my house is burning 
down
You know that must be little Martha Hardin : because it's 
on the north side of town
I said the people is running : and I wonder who could it 
be
You know that must be little Martha Hardin : I saw them 
turn down on Wilson Street
When you see the chief : boys please clear the street
Because you know he's going down : save little Martha 
Hardin's house for me
She's a hard?working woman : you know her salary is very 
small
Then when she pay up her house rent : that don't leave 
anything for insurance at all
Now I wrote little Martha a letter : five days it 
returned back to me
You know little Martha Hardin's house done burnt down : 
she done moved on Bathurst Street