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The Cultural Impact of the Erie Canal
Hudson River School Art Movement:
Selected Readings on the Erie Canal:
Art and Nature: Touring on a Packet Boat by Carol Sheriff, College of William & Mary
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Preserving the Sabbath by Carol Sheriff, College of William & Mary
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The Canallers by Dr. Daniel F. Larkin, SUNY Oneonta
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The Freeman Family by Gretchen Sullivan Sorin, Cooperstown Graduate Program
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Buffalo News Article about "Art Barges" on Erie Canal
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The Great Western Canal by Poet Philip Freneau
Ye patrons of this bold design
Who Erie to Atlantic join,
To you be every honour paid --
No time shall see your fame decayed;
Through gloomy groves you traced the plan,
The rude abodes of savage man.
Ye Prompters of a work so vast
That may for years, for centuries last;
Where Nature toiled to bar the way
You mark'd her steps, but changed her way.
Who Erie to Atlantic join,
To you be every honour paid --
No time shall see your fame decayed;
Through gloomy groves you traced the plan,
The rude abodes of savage man.
Ye Prompters of a work so vast
That may for years, for centuries last;
Where Nature toiled to bar the way
You mark'd her steps, but changed her way.
The Erie Canal Song:
"Low Bridge, Everybody Down (The Erie Canal Song)"
by Thomas S. Allen, 1905
I've got a mule, and her name is Sal,
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
She's a good ol' worker an' a good ol' pal,
Fifteen 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.
(chorus)
Low bridge, everybody down!
Low bridge, for we're comin' through a town!
And you'll always know your neighbor,
You'll always know your pal,
If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal.
We'd better look around for a job, ol' gal,
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal!
'Cause you bet your life I'd never part with Sal,
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal!
Git up there, mule, here comes a lock,
We'll make Rome 'bout six o'clock,
One more trip and back we'll go
Right back home to Buffalo.
(chorus)
Copyright © 1999 Houghton Mifflin Company. All Rights Reserved.
"Low Bridge, Everybody Down" (The Erie Canal Song)
Performed by Bruce Springsteen
by Thomas S. Allen, 1905
I've got a mule, and her name is Sal,
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal.
She's a good ol' worker an' a good ol' pal,
Fifteen 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.
(chorus)
Low bridge, everybody down!
Low bridge, for we're comin' through a town!
And you'll always know your neighbor,
You'll always know your pal,
If you've ever navigated on the Erie Canal.
We'd better look around for a job, ol' gal,
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal!
'Cause you bet your life I'd never part with Sal,
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal!
Git up there, mule, here comes a lock,
We'll make Rome 'bout six o'clock,
One more trip and back we'll go
Right back home to Buffalo.
(chorus)
Copyright © 1999 Houghton Mifflin Company. All Rights Reserved.
"Low Bridge, Everybody Down" (The Erie Canal Song)
Performed by Bruce Springsteen