Low bridge, ev'rybody down   Low bridge for we're comin' to the town   So you'll always know your neighbor   And you'll always know your pal   If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal   If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal      I got a mule and her name is Sal   Well, fifteen miles on the Erie Canal   She's a good old worker and a good old pal   Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal, there's a      Low bridge, ev'rybody down   Low bridge for we're comin' to the town   So you'll always know your neighbor   And you'll always know your pal   If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal   If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal      Get up there, mule, here comes a lock   We'll reach town about six o'clock   Six o'clock's just an hour away   So make your tracks while we still got day      Low bridge, ev'rybody down   Low bridge for we're comin' to the town   So you'll always know your neighbor   And you'll always know your pal   If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal   If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal      Damn that mule, she shore is lazy   Bound to drive a body crazy   Looked at me the other day   Said, "I ain't a-goin' till I eat my hay"      Low bridge, ev'rybody down   Low bridge for we're comin' to the town   So you'll always know your neighbor   And you'll always know your pal   If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal   If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal