{"id":218,"date":"2021-06-17T11:13:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T15:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/claudemckay\/?post_type=chapter&p=218"},"modified":"2022-02-03T09:00:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T14:00:43","slug":"fire-practice","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/chapter\/fire-practice\/","title":{"raw":"Fire Practice","rendered":"Fire Practice"},"content":{"raw":"PAM-PA-PAM, pam-pa-pam, pam-pa-pam,\r\nHea' de fire-bugle blow!\r\nPam-pa-pam, pam-pa-pam, pam-pa-pam,\r\nDepot boys, tu'n do'n below!\r\n\r\nKunnin' do'n out o' de big barrack-room,\r\nHaulin' de two engine out o' de shed;\r\nFormin' up into a long double line,\r\nWait tell de fus' wud o' command is said,\r\n\r\nSoon as we hea' it we start t'rough de gate,\r\nWid buckets, ledder, an' engine an' key:\r\nJoyously happy, with right cheery will\r\nTramp we away from de big Dep\u00f4t lea.\r\n\r\nWhole line in twos we go marchin' along,\r\nList'nin' de tramp-trampin' tune of our feet,\r\nSide winks a-givin' our gals as we pass\r\nMerrily, nimbly along White Church Street.\r\n\r\nAt de shrill soun' o' de whistle we halt,\r\nAn' when de engine an' all is fixed square,\r\nWe start a-pumpin' wid might an' wid main,\r\nSendin' clear water chock up in de air.\r\n\r\nPumpin' an' pumpin' an' pumpin' away,\r\nPumpin' in earnest, yet pumpin' wid fun,\r\nOnce more again by de whistle we stop,\r\nAn' den de day's fire-practice is done.\r\n\r\nPam-pa-pam, pam-pa-pam, pam-pa-pam,\r\nHea' de fire-bugle blow!\r\nPam-pa-pam, pam-pa-pam, pam-pa-pam,\r\nDep\u00f4t boys, tu'n do'n below!\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nNOTE. \u2014The first and last stanzas go to the following tune in F, two-four time: 1st bar ; crotchet rest, quaver rest, 2 semiquavers C third space. 2nd bar; quaver C, 2 semiquavers A (the 3rd below), 2 semiquavers F (3rd below again). 3rd bar; crotchet F, quaver rest, 2 semiquavers C (middle C). 4th bar; 2 semiquavers F, 2 semiquavers middle C, crotchet F. 5th bar; same as 1st ; 6th, same as 2nd; 7th, same as 3rd. 8th bar; dotted quaver F, semiquaver F, dotted quaver middle C, semiquaver middle C. 9th bar; minim F.","rendered":"

PAM-PA-PAM, pam-pa-pam, pam-pa-pam,
\nHea’ de fire-bugle blow!
\nPam-pa-pam, pam-pa-pam, pam-pa-pam,
\nDepot boys, tu’n do’n below!<\/p>\n

Kunnin’ do’n out o’ de big barrack-room,
\nHaulin’ de two engine out o’ de shed;
\nFormin’ up into a long double line,
\nWait tell de fus’ wud o’ command is said,<\/p>\n

Soon as we hea’ it we start t’rough de gate,
\nWid buckets, ledder, an’ engine an’ key:
\nJoyously happy, with right cheery will
\nTramp we away from de big Dep\u00f4t lea.<\/p>\n

Whole line in twos we go marchin’ along,
\nList’nin’ de tramp-trampin’ tune of our feet,
\nSide winks a-givin’ our gals as we pass
\nMerrily, nimbly along White Church Street.<\/p>\n

At de shrill soun’ o’ de whistle we halt,
\nAn’ when de engine an’ all is fixed square,
\nWe start a-pumpin’ wid might an’ wid main,
\nSendin’ clear water chock up in de air.<\/p>\n

Pumpin’ an’ pumpin’ an’ pumpin’ away,
\nPumpin’ in earnest, yet pumpin’ wid fun,
\nOnce more again by de whistle we stop,
\nAn’ den de day’s fire-practice is done.<\/p>\n

Pam-pa-pam, pam-pa-pam, pam-pa-pam,
\nHea’ de fire-bugle blow!
\nPam-pa-pam, pam-pa-pam, pam-pa-pam,
\nDep\u00f4t boys, tu’n do’n below!<\/p>\n

\n

NOTE. \u2014The first and last stanzas go to the following tune in F, two-four time: 1st bar ; crotchet rest, quaver rest, 2 semiquavers C third space. 2nd bar; quaver C, 2 semiquavers A (the 3rd below), 2 semiquavers F (3rd below again). 3rd bar; crotchet F, quaver rest, 2 semiquavers C (middle C). 4th bar; 2 semiquavers F, 2 semiquavers middle C, crotchet F. 5th bar; same as 1st ; 6th, same as 2nd; 7th, same as 3rd. 8th bar; dotted quaver F, semiquaver F, dotted quaver middle C, semiquaver middle C. 9th bar; minim F.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":6,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-218","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":192,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":219,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/218\/revisions\/219"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/192"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/218\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=218"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=218"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/claudemckay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}