September Second sixteen sixty six
"Fire, Fire," jane yells from downstairs
Go back to sleep I think nothing at all
and I wake up at seven o'clock

I go to see what the comotion's about
Three-hundred houses are burned to the ground
Crowded streets packed to the max
with people who's houses are now ashes

Fire Fire, the city is gone
It's too late now the fire has won
The whole city has burned down to the ground
and there's nothing we can do about it now

Doesn't worry me too much I live far away
They'll stop it soon enough in less than a day
Hop in the boat to see what's going on
It's getting late it's turning to dawn
I tell the king to pull the houses down
The king tells me to go to the mayor
The mayor orders them to pull it down,
but no one hears them at all

My plans have changed now the fire is close
I sent my money down to sir Rider's house
I don't know what to do, I think I'll pick up my things
I started packing and it took me all day

Two o'clock in the morning
my wife calls me up and tells me it's coming close
The fire's reached the barking church,
which stands at the end of my land
I need to hide all my gold now
I locked it up and told them not to leave the room

It missed my house! Yippee!
The fire has missed my house!