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Bruce Springsteen - Erie Canal lyrics



We were forty miles from Albany
Forget it I never shall.
What a terrible storm we had one night
On the E-ri-e - Canal.

[chorus:]
O the E-ri-e was a-rising
And the gin was a-getting low.
And I scarcely think we'll get a drink
Till we get to Buff-a-lo-o-o
Till we get to Buffalo.

We were loaded down with barley
We were chock-full up on rye.
The captain he looked down at me
With his gol-durned wicked eye.

Two days out from Syracuse
The vessel struck a shoal;
We like to all be foundered
On a chunk o' Lackawanna coal.

We hollered to the captain
On the towpath, treadin' dirt
He jumped on board and stopped the leak
With his old red flannel shirt.

The cook she was a grand old gal
Stood six foot in her socks.
Had a foot just like an elephant
And her breath would open locks.

The wind begins to whistle
The waves begin to roll
We had to reef our royals
On that ragin' canal.

The cook came to our rescue
She had a ragged dress;
We h'isted her upon the pole
As a signal of distress.

When we got to Syracuse
Off-mule, he was dead;
The nigh mule got blind staggers
We cracked him on the head.

The cook is in the Police Gazette
The captain went to jail;
And I'm the only son-of-a-sea-cook
Songs list of album: Live in Dublin (2007)
         Title Rating
01   Atlantic City lyrics   -
02   Old Dan Tucker lyrics   -
03   Eyes on the Prize lyrics   -
04   Jesse James lyrics   -
05   Further On (Up the Road) lyrics  
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06   O Mary Don't You Weep lyrics  
5.00
07   Erie Canal lyrics   -
08   If I Should Fall Behind lyrics   -
09   My Oklahoma Home lyrics   -
10   Highway Patrolman lyrics   -
11   Mrs. McGrath lyrics   -
12   How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live lyrics   -
13   Jacob's Ladder lyrics   -
14   Long Time Comin' lyrics   -
15   Open All Night lyrics   -
16   Pay Me My Money Down lyrics   -
17   Growin' Up lyrics   -
18   When the Saints Go Marching In lyrics  
5.00
19   This Little Light of Mine lyrics   -
20   American Land lyrics   -
21   Blinded by the Light [*] lyrics   -
22   Love of the Common People [*] lyrics   -
23   We Shall Overcome [*] lyrics   -
 

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