Also known as "Fifteen Years on the Erie Canal", "Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal", "Erie Canal Song", "Erie Barge Canal", and "Mule Named Sal", the song memorializes the years from 1825 to 1880 when the mule barges made boomtowns out of Utica, Rome, Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo, and transformed New York into the Empire State.

The popular song "Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal" was written in 1905 by Thomas S. Allen after Erie Canal barge traffic was converted from mule power to engine power, raising the speed of...

It’s a darned fool ditty, ‘bout my darned fool Sal, Fifteen years on the Erie Canal. You’ll hear it sung ev’rywhere you go, from Mexico to Buffalo. If she hears you sing about her and the Erie Canal. I'll sing to you the dangers of that raging canal. For I've been at …

May 26, 2020 · Lyrics, music, history, and recordings of the song we all know as the "Erie Canal Song," "15 Miles on the Erie Canal," or "Low Bridge, Everybody Down."

This video presents all five original verses and choruses - in order - to the song originally titled "Low Bridge, Everybody Down or, Fifteen Years on the Erie Canal." Follow along with the...

Watch Pete Seeger perform the classic song "The Erie Canal / Low Bridge" on YouTube, capturing the spirit of canal life.

Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal. She's a good ol' worker and a good ol' pal, Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal. We've hauled some barges in our day, Filled with lumber, coal, and hay, And now we know ev'ry inch of the way From Albany to Buffalo. Chorus: Low bridge, ev'rybody down! Low bridge, for we're comin' to a town! And you'll always know ...

The Erie Canal Traditional Song. 1. I got an old mule and her name is Sal. Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal. She's a good old worker and a good old pal. Fifteen miles 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. (Chorus) Low bridge! Every body down!

The Erie Canal Lyrics: I've got a mule and her name is Sal / Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal / She's a good old worker and a good old pal / Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal / We haul'd...

Low Bridge, Everybody Down (The Erie Canal Song) Thomas Allen. Released in 1905, this song was written to commemorate nearly 80 years of history of the Erie Canal. As you can tell by the title, Allen writes about how the passengers liked to …