There was a grief among the people,
in that northern Timmons town
When somebody yelled fire, the mine is burnin down
Then rushing to the surface came those McIntyre men
Then they readied and prepared to let the fire fighters in
There's a fire way down in the mine
verse 2
It was February second in the year of sixty five
A miner life was taken by the carbon monoxide
The gas had been created , way down a mile or so
In the McIntyre hell fire six Thousand feet below
There's a fire, way down in the mine
verse 3
The call went through the northland
For men to fight the flame
From Sudbury to Noranda and from everywhere they came
With oxygen and gas masks, they worked for a month of days
In a 150 degrees of heat, they faught that gassy blaze
There's a fire way down in the mine
verse 4
The deadly gas kept rising, in the McIntyre high
Til it spread through the walls and the fire doors
To the Hollinger mine nearby
For nearly a thousand miners now, ther was no work below
The word came from the office, boys we have to let you go
There's a fire way down in the mine
Verse 5
The smiles of hope now faded, many faces wore a frown
Must we see our children hungry , must have leave the town
Will they have to close the mine up
Bringing trouble strife and woe
Or will they beat the gassy hellfire six thousand feet below
There's a fire way down in the mine
Verse 6
Then at last it was all over, they'd sealed the fire in
As it died they called the miners,
Slowly back to work again
Some may say that it was nothing, and the world may pass it by
But the people up in Timmins, will always hear that cry
There's a fire way down in the hole
There's a fire way down in the hole
There's a fire way down in the hole
There's a fire way down in the hole