My Little Shirtwaist Fire Lyrics

Lyric discussion by musicmama888 

Cover art for My Little Shirtwaist Fire lyrics by Rasputina

I'm pretty sure it's "My best friend was alone in the end."

It is definitely 'alcove,' as

One of my friends, Annie Rosen, was an examiner on the ninth floor. She was near a window when the cry of fire was raised... she got it open and climbed on a little fire escape. The fire was coming up from the eighth floor and in getting from the ninth to the eighth her hat and her hair were burned.... (From "Washington Place Fire" Rosey Safran, The Independent 70, April 20, 1911)

If you look at photos of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, you can see that the fire escape (there was only one) was...