Whang, whang, whang,
Clang, clang, clangaranga,
# Bass, much slower. #
Clang, clang, clang.
Clang--a--ranga--
Clang--a--ranga--
Clang,
Clang,
Clang.
Listen -- to -- the -- music --
Of the firemen's ball --


Section Two

"Many's the heart that's breaking
If we could read them all
After the ball is over." (An old song.)


# To be read or sung slowly and softly,
in the manner of lustful, insinuating music. #
Scornfully, gaily
The bandmaster sways,
Changing the strain
That the wild band plays.
With a red and royal intoxication,
A tangle of sounds
And a syncopation,
Sweeping and bending