Erie Canal



-traditional American folk song



I've got a mule and her name is Sal

15 miles on the Erie Canal

She's a good old worker and a good old pal

15 miles on the Erie Canal

We've hauled some barges in our day

Filled with lumber, coal, and hay

And we know every inch of the way

From Albany to Buffalo

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BRLow bridge, everybody down

BRLow bridge, for we're comin' to a town

BRAnd you'll always know your neighbor

BRYou'll always know your pal

BRIf you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal

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BRYou better get along on your way, old gal

BR15 miles on the Erie Canal

BRYou can bet your life I'd never part with Sal

BR15 miles on the Erie Canal

BRGet up there, mule, here comes a lock

BRWe'll make Rome 'fore six o'clock

BRAnd we'll go back to our home dock

BRRight back home to Buffalo

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BRBy Robin Hood

BRFrom "Rise Up Singing"

BRA Sing Out Publication, Bethlehem, PA

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