Low Bridge, Everybody Down, or The Erie Canal Song
Thomas S. Allen| Originale | Ir Canale de' Navicelli |
| LOW BRIDGE, EVERYBODY DOWN, OR THE ERIE CANAL SONG I’ve got an old mule and her name is Sal, Fifteen years on the Erie Canal She’s a good old worker and a good old pal,Fifteen years on the Erie Canal We’ve hauled some barges in our day, Filled with lumber, coal and hay And ev’ry inch of the way I know From Albany to Buffalo. Low bridge, ev’rybody down, Low bridge, we must be getting near a town You can always tell your neighbor, You can always tell your pal If he’s ever navigated on the Erie Canal We’d better look ‘round for a job old gal, Fifteen years on the Erie Canal You bet your life I wouldn’t part with Sal,Fifteen years on the Erie Canal Giddap there gal we’ve passed that lock, We’ll make Rome ‘fore six o-clock So one more trip and then we’ll go, Right straight back to Buffalo. Low bridge, ev’rybody down, Low bridge, I’ve got the finest mule in town Once a man named Mike McGinty Tried to put it over Sal Now he’s way down at 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 got her sore,Now, he’s got a broken jaw ‘Cause she let fly with her iron toe And kicked him into Buffalo. Low bridge, ev’rybody down, Low bridge, I’ve got the finest mule in town If you’re looking ‘round for trouble, Better stay away from Sal She’s the only fighting donkey on the Erie Canal. I don’t have 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 Buffalo. Low bridge, ev’rybody down, Low bridge, I’ve got 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. You’ll soon hear them sing all about my gal, Fifteen years on the Erie Canal It’s a darned fool ditty ‘bout my darned fool Sal,Fifteen years on the Erie Canal Oh, every band will play it soon, Darned fool words and darned fool tune You’ll hear it sung everywhere you go, From Mexico to Buffalo. Low bridge, ev’rybody down, Low bridge, I’ve got the finest mule in town She’s a perfect, perfect lady And she blushes like a gal If she hears you sing about her and the Erie Canal. | Ir canale de' Navicelli Ciò una mula ‘e si ‘iama Sara, Su e giù pe’ ir canale de’ Navicelli Lavora bene, è una brava somara, Su è giù pe ‘ir canale de’ Navicelli Dé quante barche s’è tirato lo sai Piene di robba e di tanti troiài Si va anco avvéla, andata e ritorno Su e giù da Pisa a Livorno. Abbassa ir capo, sennò lo sbatti su Un ponte basso, e ‘un ti riarzi più! S’è tutt’amici, c’è anco Bobo Rondelli Briào sur canale de’ Navicelli . Avvòrte ‘un z’à voglia di lavorà, Su e giù pe ‘ir canale de’ Navicelli In culo la barca, e ci si mette a cuccà, Su e giù pe’ ir canale de’ Navicelli Àrzati, Sarina, ora bisogna andà’ Sennò i’ sor padrone ci manda accaà’, Se si fa alla svérta, prima di sera S'arriva e si mangia a Pontedera. Abbassa ir capo, sennò lo sbatti su Un ponte basso, e ‘un ti riarzi più! S’è tutt’amici, c’è anco Bobo Rondelli Briào sur canale de’ Navicelli. Bisogna tu sta’ attento a ‘un la fa incazzà’ Sennò ti piglia accàrci e ti fa ribbartà’! Cià provato un pisano, feccia di sèntina, Co’ un càrcio l’ha spedito a Bièntina. Si passa pe’ Chendèrbi e ci tocca portà’ Ll’ameriàni e ir budello disumà’, Stèsser’ a casa loro a stiaffàsselo, Sull’ Iri ‘Anàl fin’a Bàffalo. Abbassa ir capo, sennò lo sbatti su Un ponte basso, e ‘un ti riarzi più! S’è tutt’amici, c’è anco Bobo Rondelli Briào sur canale de’ Navicelli. Abbassa ir capo, sennò lo sbatti su Un ponte basso, e ‘un ti riarzi più! S’è tutt’amici, c’è anco Bobo Rondelli Briào sur canale de’ Navicelli. (ad libitum) |
