So all day long we sweat and bend
On the Erie, i .e., on the Erie Canal
Low bridge, we're getting nearer town
Hey boy, you better get you down
and my throat is getting dry
A little nip of whiskey and a swallow of rye
Hey, hello, bridge, is it coming on by?
Well, I had me a gal in Albany,
but she never did quite get used to me
I got me a gal in Buffalo,
but she had the habit of saying no
So all day long we sweat and bend
And back again on the Erie,
Low Bridge, we're getting nearer town
Hey boy, you better get your down
and my throat is getting dry
A little nip of whiskey and a swallow of rye
Hey, a low bridge is a -comin' on by
Now gals only make a man a fool
He's better off crestin' his own mule
Then I bought the Erie for her sweet hand
But she ran off with a railroad van
So all day long we sweat and bend
On the Erie, on the Erie Canal
Lowbridge, we're getting nearer town
Hey boy, you better niche you down
and my throat is getting dry
whiskey and a swallow of rye
Hey, Lowbridge, is it coming on by?
Hey, Lowbridge, is it coming on by?
Hey, ya low, low, low, low, bridge
