Some pals and I in a public house were playing dominoes last night
When all of a sudden in the potman rushed with a face just like a kite
What's up? says Brown, Have you seen your Aunt?
Have you seen your Aunt Maria?
Aunt Maria be blowed, says he, The bloomin' pub's on fire
What's that? says Brown, What a bit of luck
What a bit of luck, shouts he
Down in the cellar with a fire on top we'll have a good ol' spree
So we all went down with good ol' Brown and beer we couldn't miss,
And we hadn't been ten minutes there before we were like this
Oh, there was Brown, upside down
Knocking back the whiskey on the floor
Booze! booze! the firemen cried
As they came a-knocking at the door
Don't let 'em in till it's all mopped up
Someone shouted, MacIntyre!
And we all got blue-blind paralytic drunk
When the Old Dun Cow caught fire
Old Johnson rushed to the port wine tub and gave it just a few hard knocks
He started taking off his pantaloons, likewise his shoes and socks
Hold on! says Snoops, If you wanna wash yer feet
There's a tub of four ale here
Don't dip your trotters in the port wine tub
When we've still got some old stale beer
Just then there came such and awful crash
Half the bloomin' roof gave way
We was run with the firemen's hose but still we were all gay
We got some sacks and some old tin tacks and bunged ourselves inside
And we got drinking good old scotch till we was bleary eyed
Oh, there was Brown, upside down
Knocking back the whiskey on the floor
Booze! booze! the firemen cried
As they came a-knocking at the door
Don't let 'em in till it's all mopped up
Someone shouted, MacIntyre!
And we all got blue-blind paralytic drunk
When the Old Dun Cow caught fire
Harry Wincott
This was a popular English music hall song before 1900. It was illegal to yell “Fire!” in a public building, so the word “MacIntyre” was used instead – the audience would all join in and shout it together.