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

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

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

We'd better look 'round for a job old gal

Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal

'Cause you bet your life I'd never part with Sal

Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal

Git up there 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

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Oh, where would I be if I lost my pal?

Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal

Oh, I'd like to see a mule as good as Sal

Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal

A friend of mine once got her sore

Now he's got a busted jaw,

'Cause she let fly with her iron toe,

And kicked him in to Buffalo.

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Don't have to call when I want my Sal

Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal

She trots from her stall like a good old gal

Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal

I eat my meals with Sal each day

I eat beef and she eats hay

And she ain't so slow if you want to know

She put the "Buff" in Buffalo

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