
Lyrics
(American folk song)
I’ve got an old mule and 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 we know
From Albany to Buffalo
Refrain
Low bridge, everybody down
Low bridge for we’re coming to a town
And you’ll always know your neighbor
And you’ll always know your pal
If you’ve ever navigated on the Erie Canal
Git up there, Sal, we’ve passed that lock,
Fifteen…
And we’ll make Rome ‘fore six o’clock,
Fifteen…
Just one more trip then back we’ll go,
Through the rain and sleet and slow
And every inch of the way we know
From Albany to Buffalo. Refrain
See also
- songs from the Northeastern States (U.S.)
- songs about lumbering
- minor / modal songs
- songs with dotted eighth / sixteenth patterns
- songs with fermatas
- songs with major and minor sections the in same song
- form AB
- rhythm compositions
- songs with syncopation
- songs with dotted eighth / sixteenth note patterns
- about the Erie Canal
- About the Erie Canal – K8 magazine
- SMART rhythm lesson
- teaching the Eric Canal through music
- more lyrics
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- Composition Worksheet / Assessment






- Song with chords, lesson ideas for Rhythm (syncopation, ties, fermata), Composition (PDF)
- MIDI file
- Listen to the song

