The Erie Canal

  • Please follow the link below to a youtube video 
    featuring Bruce Springsteen's excellent recording of The Erie Canal.
    The video includes lyrics and facts as well as related images to help students enjoy
    learning about the Erie Canal

    LYRICS BELOW

     

    I've got a mule and her name is Sal
          Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal
    She's a good old worker and a good old pal
         Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal

    We hauled some barges in our day
    Filled with lumber, coal, and hay
    We know every inch of the way
    From Albany to Buffalo

    Low bridge, everybody down
    Low bridge, yeah we're coming to a town
    And you'll always know your neighbor
    And you'll always know your pal
    If you ever navigated on the Erie Canal

    We'd better look around for a job, old gal
         Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal
    You can bet your life I'll never part with Sal
         Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal

    Get up mule, here comes a lock
    We'll make Rome 'bout six o'clock
    One more trip and back we'll go
    Right back home to Buffalo

    Low bridge, everybody down
    Low bridge, we're coming to a town
    You'll always know your neighbor
    And you'll always know your pal
    If you ever navigated on the Erie Canal

    Where would I be if I lost my pal
        Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal
    I'd like to see a mule good as my Sal
        Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal

    A friend of mine once got her sore
    Now he's got a broken jaw
    'Cause she let fly with an iron toe
    And kicked him back to Buffalo

    Low bridge, everybody down
    Low bridge 'cause we're coming to a town
    You'll always know your neighbor
    And you'll always know your pal
    If you ever navigated on the Erie Canal

    Low bridge, everybody down
    Low bridge, we're coming to a town
    You'll always know your neighbor
    And you'll always know your pal
    If you ever navigated on the Erie Canal

    Low bridge, we're coming to a town
    Low bridge, everybody down
    You'll always know your neighbor
    And you'll always know your pal
    If you ever navigated on the Erie Canal

    Low bridge, everybody down
    Low bridge, we're coming to a town
    Hooo...