Today’s Run: \u00a04.22 miles<\/p>\n
When my husband and I were in High School together, our History teacher required our class to put on a program about the history of the United States. \u00a0It had to have speaking components and musical components. \u00a0One of the songs included in that particular program (one of many programs in which we were involved) was “The Erie Canal”.<\/p>\n
That song, “The Erie Canal” has stuck with me over all these years. \u00a0No, it is not a chart topper by any means, and I really do not particularly like it…it just stuck with me.<\/p>\n
Which brings me to Saturday’s run. \u00a0The scheduled run with the running group is fifteen miles! \u00a0So, I have had that song stuck on the brain all day. \u00a0I know that as I trudge along those fifteen miles, I will be hauling barges filled with lumber, coal and hay.<\/p>\n
Low Bridge!<\/p>\n
Erie Canal Song<\/b><\/p>\n
Low Bridge, Everybody Down<\/b>
\n(Written by: Thomas Allen in 1905)<\/p>\n
I’ve got a mule, and her name is Sal,
\nFif-teen miles on the Er-ie canal,
\nShe’s a good ol’ worker and a good ol’ pal,
\nFifteen miles on the Er-ie can-al,
\nWe’ve hauled some barges in our day,
\nFilled with lum-ber coal and hay,
\nAnd ev’ry inch of the way we know
\nFrom Al-ba-ny to Buff-a-lo OH<\/p>\n
Chorus<\/p>\n
Low bridge ev’-ry bod-y down,
\nLow bridge for we’re com-in to a town,
\nAnd you al-ways know your neighbor,
\nYou’ll always know your pal,
\nIf you’ve ev-er navigated on the Er-ie can-al<\/p>\n
Chorus<\/p>\n
We’d better look round for a job old gal,
\nFif-teen miles – on the Er-ie can-al,
\nYou bet your life I wouldn’t part with Sal,
\nFif-teen miles on the Er-ie can-al,
\nGiddap ‘there gal we’ve passed that lock,
\nWe’ll make Rome fore six o’clock,
\nSo, it’s one more trip and then we’ll go,
\nRight back home to Buff-a-lo OH<\/p>\n
Chorus<\/p>\n
Oh, where would I be if I lost my pal?
\nFif-teen miles on the Er-ie can-al.
\nOh, I’d like to see a mule as good as Sal,
\nFif-teen miles on the Er-ie can-al,
\nA friend of mine once got her sore,
\nNow he’s got a busted jaw,
\n‘Cause she let fly with her iron toe,
\nAnd kicked him in to Buff-a-lo OH<\/p>\n
Chorus<\/p>\n
Don’t have to call when I want my Sal,
\nFif-teen miles on the Er-ie can-al,
\nShe trots from her stall like a good old gal,
\nFif-teen miles on the Er-ie can-al,
\nI eat my meals with Sal each day,
\nI eat beef and she eats hay,
\nAnd she ain’t so slow if you want to know,
\nShe put the “Buff” in Buff-a-lo OH<\/p>\n
Chorus<\/p>\n
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