So all day long we sweat and bend
To Albany and back again
On the Erie, i .e., on the Erie Canal
Low bridge, we're getting nearer town
Hey boy, you better get you down
My back's getting tired
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
Eerie on the E -R -I -E
I got me a gal in Buffalo,
but she had the habit of saying no
Eerie on the E -R -I -E
So all day long we sweat and bend
to Albany
And back again on the Erie,
i .e. on the Erie Canal
Low Bridge, we're getting nearer town
Hey boy, you better get your down
My back's getting tired
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
Eerie on the Erie
Then I bought the Erie for her sweet hand
But she ran off with a railroad van
Eerie on the Erie
So all day long we sweat and bend
To Albany and back again
On the Erie, on the Erie Canal
Lowbridge, we're getting nearer town
Hey boy, you better niche you down
My back's getting tired
and my throat is getting dry
A little nickel,
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