I've 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 we know every inch of the way    From Albany to Buffalo       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 around for a job, old gal    Fifteen years on the Erie Canal    You bet your life I wouldn't part with Sal    Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal    Giddap there gal, we've passed that lock    We'll make Rome 'bout six o'clock    One more trip and then we'll go    Right back home to Buffalo       Low bridge, everybody down    Low bridge, I've the finest mule in town   Once a man named Mike McGinty    Tried to put it over Sal    Now he's way down on the bottom of    The Erie Canal       Oh, where would I be if I lost my pal?    Fifteen years on the Erie Canal    Oh, I'd like to see a mule as good as Sal    Fifteen years on the Erie Canal    A friend of mine once made her sore    Now, he's got a broken jaw    'Cause she let fly with her iron toe    And kicked him into Buffalo      Low bridge, everybody down,    Low bridge, I've the finest mule in town.    If yo're looking for trouble    Better stay away from Sal    She's the only fightin' donkey on the Erie Canal       I don't want to call when I want my Sal    Fifteen years on the Erie Canal    She trots from her stall like a good old gal,    Fifteen years on the Erie Canal    I eat my meals with Sal each day,    I eat beef and she eats hay    She ain't so slow if you want to know    She put the "Buff" in Buddalo      Low bridge, everybody down,    Low bridge, I've the finest mule in town    Eats a bale of hay for dinner    And on top of that, my Sal    Tries to drink up all the water in the Erie Canal