Erie Canal
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1905 Thomas S. Allen; "Low Bridge, Everybody Down" was the shouted warning to people on the boat deck because the bridges were just a few feet above the canal, which was built in New York in 1825; song protested the replacement of mules with machines

I've got a mule and her name is Sal
15 miles on the Erie Canal
She's a good old worker and a good old pal
15 miles on the Erie Canal
We've hauled some barges in our day
Filled with lumber, coal, and hay
And we know every inch of the way
From Albany to Buffalo-o

{Chorus} Low bridge, everybody down
Low bridge, for we're comin' to a town
And you'll always know your neighbor
You'll always know your pal
If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal

You better get along on your way, old gal
15 miles on the Erie Canal
You can bet your life I'd never part with Sal
15 miles on the Erie Canal
Get up there, mule, here comes a lock
We'll make Rome 'fore six o'clock
And we'll go back to our home dock
Right back home to Buffalo-o

{Chorus}

I've got a mule and her name is Sal
15 miles on the Erie Canal
She's a good old worker and a good old pal
15 miles on the Erie Canal