I've got a mule, her name is Sal, Fifteen years on the Erie Canal. She's a good old worker and a good old pal, Fifteen years on the Erie Canal. We've hauled some barges in our day, Filled with lumber, coal and hay. And every inch of the way I know From Albany to Buffalo. Low bridge, everybody down! Low bridge, for we're comin' to a town! You can always tell your neighbor, can always tell your pal, If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal. We'd better look for a job, old gal, Fifteen years on the Erie Canal. You bet your life I wouldn't part with Sal, Fifteen years on the Erie Canal. Giddap there, Sal, we've passed that lock, We'll make Rome 'fore six o'clock, So one more trip and then we'll go Right straight back to Buffalo. @3Refrain@1 Where would I be if I lost my pal? Fifteen years on the Erie Canal. Oh, I'd like to see a mule as good as Sal, Fifteen years on the Erie Canal. A friend of mine once got her sore, Now he's got a broken jaw, 'Cause she let fly with her iron toe And kicked him into Buffalo. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOUND WANTING by EMILY DICKINSON THE CUMBERLAND by HERMAN MELVILLE TO THE STATES. TO IDENTIFY THE 16TH, 17TH, OR 18TH PRESIDENTIAD by WALT WHITMAN TO MR. MONTGOMERY; OCCASIONED BY ... ATTACK ON HIS POEMS by LUCY AIKEN OF HIS CONVERSION by WILLIAM ALABASTER |