Song Name: | The Erie Canal (hi-lo) | By: | New York work song (circa 1820) |
Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | G | Genre: | Folk |
Harp Type: | Diatonic | ||
Created: | 2012-01-04 10:38:21 | Modified: | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 |
Song: | THE ERIE CANAL hi-lo
New York work song circa 1820 Key: Em 5 -3�-3� 4 4 -4 -4 5 8 -6 -6 7 7 -8 -8 8 I�ve got a mule, her name is Sal 5 5 5 -3�-3 4 -3� -3 -3� 8 8 8 -6 -7 7 -6 -7 -6 Fif-teen miles on the E-rie Ca-nal 5 5 -3� -3� 4 4 8 8 -6 -6 7 7 She�s a good hard work-er 4 4 -4 -4 5 7 7 -8 -8 8 And a real good pal 5 5 5 -3�-3 4 -3� -3 -3� 8 8 8 -6 -7 7 -6 -7 -6 Fif-teen miles on the E-rie Ca-nal 5 6 5 6 5 6 5 -4 8 9 8 9 8 9 8 -8 We�ve hauled some barg-es in our day 5 4 5 -3 5 4 -3 8 7 8 -7 8 7 -7 Filled with lum-ber, coal and hay 5 -3� -3�4 4 -4 4 -4 5 8 -6 -6 7 7 -8 7 -8 8 From Buf-fa-lo we�re start-ing a trip 5 5 -4 5 -3�-3 4 -3� -3 -3� 8 8 -8 8 -6 -7 7 -6 -7 -6 And it�s a slow but a ver-y good ship 3 5 5 5 -4 5 4 -4 6 8 8 8 -8 8 7 -8 Hey low bridge, ev-�ry bod-y down 5 5 4 -4 5 4 -4 -3 4 8 8 7 -8 8 7 -8 -7 7 Low bridge, we�re a-com-in� to a town 5 -5 6 5 6 5 -5 -5 8 -9 9 8 9 8 -9 -9 And you�ll al-ways know your neigh-bor -4 6 5 6 5 -5 -8 9 8 9 8 -9 You�ll al-ways know your pal -5 -5 5 -4 5 4 -5 5 -9 -9 8 -8 8 7 -9 8 If you�ve ev-er nav-i-gat-ed -5 -4 5 4 -4 4 -9 -8 8 7 -8 7 On the E-rie Ca-nal |