The Erie Canal

Dm C Bb5 A I've got an old mule and her name is Sal Dm Fifteen years on the Erie Canal Dm C Bb5 A She's a good old worker and a good old pal Dm Fifteen years on the Erie Canal F C We've hauled some barges in our day Dm C Bb5 A Filled with lumber, coal, and hay Dm C Bb5 A And every inch of the way we know Dm From Albany to Buffalo F Low bridge, everybody down F C F Low bridge for we're coming to a town F Bb5 And you'll always know your neighbor F Bb5 And you'll always know your pal F Bb F C F If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal Dm C Bb5 A We'd better look 'round for a job old gal Dm Fifteen years on the Erie Canal Dm C Bb5 A 'Cause you bet your life I'd never part with Sal Dm Fifteen years on the Erie Canal F C Git up there mule, here comes a lock Dm C Bb5 A We'll make Rome 'bout six o'clock Dm C Bb5 A One more trip and back we'll go Dm Right back home to Buffalo F Low bridge, everybody down F C F Low bridge I've got the finest mule in town F Bb5 Once a man named Mike McGinty F Bb5 Tried to pull it over Sal F Bb F C F Now he's at the bottom of the Erie Canal Dm C Bb5 A Oh, where would I be if I lost my pal? Dm Fifteen years on the Erie Canal Dm C Bb5 A Oh, I'd like to see a mule as good as Sal Dm Fifteen years on the Erie Canal F C A friend of mine once got her sore Dm C Bb5 A Now he's got a busted jaw, Dm C Bb5 A 'Cause she let fly with her iron toe, A And kicked him in to Buffalo. F Low bridge, everybody down F C F Low bridge I've got the finest mule in town F Bb5 If you're lookin' round for trouble F Bb5 Better stay away from Sal F Bb F C F Cause she's the only fighting donkey on the Erie Canal Dm C Bb5 A Don't have to call when I want my Sal Dm Fifteen years on the Erie Canal Dm C Bb5 A She trots from her stall like a good old gal Dm Fifteen years on the Erie Canal Dm C Bb5 A I eat my meals with Sal each day Dm I eat beef and she eats hay Dm C Bb5 A And she ain't so slow if you want to know Dm She put the "Buff" in Buffalo