Also known as “The Erie Canal”, 1913. Words and music by Thos. S. Allen.
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Low bridge, ev’rybody down
Low bridge, we must be getting near a town
You can always tell your neighbor
You can always tell your pal
If he’s ever navigated on the Erie Canal
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Low bridge, ev’rybody down
Low bridge, I’ve got the finest mule in town
Once a man named Mike McGinty
Tried to put it over Sal
Now he’s ‘way down at the bottom of the Erie Canal
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Low bridge, everybody down
Low bridge, I’ve got the finest mule in town
If you’re looking ’round for trouble
Better stay away from Sal
She’d the only fighting donkey on the Erie Canal
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Low bridge, everybody down
Low bridge, I’ve got the finest mule in town
Eats a bale of hay for dinner
And on top of that, my Sal
Tries to drink up all the water in the Erie Canal
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Low bridge, everybody down
Low bridge, I’ve got the finest mule in town
She’s a perfect, perfect lady
And she blushes like a gal
If she hears you sing about her and the Erie Canal