The Erie Canal

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T:The Erie Canal
B:Singing Together, Summer 1978, BBC Publications
F:http://www.folkinfo.org/songs
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w:I've got a mule her name is Sal, Fif-teen miles on the Er-ie Ca-nal._ She's a
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w:good old wor-ker and a good old pal, Fif-teen miles on the Er-ie Ca-nal_ We've
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w:haul'd some barg -es in our day. Fill'd with lum -ber, coal and hay, And
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w:we know ev-'ry inch of the way From Al-ban-y_ to_ Buf -fa-lo_
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w:Low bridge, ev-'ry-bo-dy down, Low bridge for we're go-ing through a town, And you
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w:al-ways know your neigh-bour, You'll al-ways know your pal, If you ev-er nav-i-gat-ed on the Er-ie Can-al.
W:I've got a mule, her name is Sal,
W:Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
W:She's a good old worker and a good old pal,
W:Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
W:We've haul'd some barges in our day,
W:Fill'd them with lumber, coal and hay,
W:And we know every inch of the way
W:From Albany to Buffalo,
W:
W:Chorus
W:Low bridge, everybody down,
W:Low bridge for we're going through a town,
W:And you always know your neighbour,
W:You'll always know your pal,
W:If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal.
W:
W:We'd better look around for a job, old gal,
W:Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
W:'Cause you bet your life I'd never part with Sal,
W:Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
W:Get up there mule, here comes a lock,
W:We'll make Rome 'bout six o'clock.
W:One more trip and back we'll go,
W:Right back home to Buffalo.
W:
W:Oh, where would I be if I lost my pal?
W:Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
W:Oh, I'd like to see a mule as good as Sal,
W:Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
W:A friend of mine once got sore,
W:Now he's got a broken jaw,
W:'Cause she let fly with her iron toe
W:And kicked him into Buffalo.
W:
W:You'll soon hear them sing about my gal,
W:Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
W:It's a darn fine ditty 'bout my darn fool Sal,
W:Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
W:Oh, any old band will play it soon
W:Darn fool words and darn'd fool tune,
W:You'll hear it sung before you go,
W:From Mexico to Buffalo.

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