Song of the fire of Meshtes

A ballad about Meshtes burning, and well enough known that a singer can begin it anywhere and be understood.

Meshtes is the greatest slave market on the continent and it is still standing, so the fire is not a recent one. When it happened, how much of the city went, and whether the song is glad about it were never written down. A ballad that lasts tends to end up sung by people on both sides of what it describes.