DESCRIPTION:
This was in the afternoon
There were men, women and children,
Lodged in cabins just outside the town,
They claimed and received
The rum.

In the evening
Hearing a great noise,
The cops walked out to check it out.
Savages had made
A great bonfire
In the middle of the square
They were all drunk
Quarreling and fighting
Yelling and running and beating one another with

Firebrands

Yelling and running and beating one another with
Firebrands (x4)

Unable to appease
This extraordinary tumult
The cops retired to their stay
But in the night
Savages came back
Demanding more rum.

The cops agreed
To give them the rum
Knowing that it'd destroy
Their people.