Erie Canal letra

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:
Oh, the E-ri-e was a-rising,
And gin was getting low,
And I scarcely think
We're gonna get a little drink
Till we get to Buffalo-o-o,
Till we get to Buffalo.

We were loaded down with barley,
We were loaded down with rye,
And the captain, he looked at me
With a gol-durn wicked eye.

Chorus

The captain he come up on deck
With a spyglass in his hand
But the fog it was so tarn-ol' thick
That he couldn't spy the land

Chorus

The cook she was a grand ol' gal,
She had a ragged dress.
And we hoisted her upon a pole
As a signal of distress.

Chorus

Well, the captain, he got married,
And the cook, she went to jail;
And I'm the only son-of-a-gun
That's left to tell the tale.

Tommy Makem - Letras

• Apples In The Basket
• As I Roved Out
• Away To Mary Ann
• Blow Ye Winds
• Blue Eyed Mary
• Bold O'donoghue
• Bonny Laddie, Hieland Laddie
• Bread And Fishes
• Canada, My Own Land
• Cas'nt Kill Cooch
• Come By The Hills
• Derby Ram
• Drink Up Thy Zider
• Erie Canal
• Farewell To Carlingford
• Farewell To Nova Scotia
• Four Green Fields
• Galloway Hills
• Ge Mig Ett Skl
• Gentle Annie
• Henry Joy
• I'll Tell My Ma
• Johnny I Hardly Knew You
• Johnny Mceldoo
• Killyburn Brae
• Kra Frken
• September
• Winds Of Morning (air: 'dumbarton's Drums')