Teapots at the Fire, The

DESCRIPTION: A midnight fire at Labor Union Hall. As the fire burns to the basement the local women, who are named, have their eyes on the teapots. Now, "In every home in St John's town, If you go in today, You'll find a fancy teapot in a cupboard stowed away."
AUTHOR: Johnny Burke (1851-1930)
EARLIEST DATE: 1964 (Blondahl-NewfoundlandersSing); reportedly written 1928
KEYWORDS: theft fire humorous moniker
FOUND IN: Canada(Newf)
REFERENCES (4 citations):
Blondahl-NewfoundlandersSing, p. 27, "The Teapots at the Fire" (1 text, 1 tune)
ADDITIONAL: Johnny Burke, _Burke's Christmas Songster 1926_, self-published, 1926 (PDF copy avallable on the Memorial University of Newfoundland web site), [no page number], "The Scramble for the Teapots at the Fire" (1 text)
Johnny Burke (John White, Editor), _Burke's Ballads_, no printer listed, n.d. (PDF available on Memorial University of Newfoundland web site), p. 16, "The Teapots at the Fire" (1 text)
Johnny Burke (William J. Kirwin, editor), _John White's Collection of Johnny Burke Songs_, Harry Cuff Publications, St. John's, 1981, #55, pp. 88-89, "The Scramble for the Teapots at the Fire" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Kelligrews Soiree" (tune)
cf. "Mariposa" (theme)
cf. "The Middlesex Flora" (theme)
cf. "The Old Mayflower" (theme)
cf. "The Irrawaddy" (theme)
NOTES [14 words]: For a brief biography of Johnny Burke, see the notes to "The Kelligrew's Soiree." - RBW
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