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A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight

I had heard a story that this was a song about the start of the great Chicago Fire.
I don't know if it is true but I liked the story when I heard it.

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When you hear those bells go ding a ling

All join ‘round and sweetly you must sing

And when the verse is through, in chorus all join in
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There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight

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Late last night when we were all in bed

Old mother Murphy hung a lantern in the shed

The cow knocked it over and this is what she said

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There’ll be a hot time in the old town tonight

Fire! - Fire! - Fire!