The Er-i-e Was Risin'
Yellow Jack
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We were forty-nine miles from Albany, forget it I never shall What a terrible storm we had that night On the E-ri-e Canal Oh! the E-ri-e was rising And the gin was a-getting low And I scarcely think we'll get a drink Til we get to Buff-a-lo-o-o; 'Til we get to Buffalo Our cook her name was Big Foot Sal, she wore a bright red dress We h'isted it up on the mast as a signal of distress Oh yea, she was a grand old gal, stood 6 foot in her socks With a hoof just like an elephant, and breath that opened locks Oh! the E-ri-e was rising And the gin was a-getting low And I scarcely think we'll get a drink Til we get to Buff-a-lo-o-o; 'Til we get to Buffalo We were loaded down with barley, we were chock-full up on rye And the captain he looked down at me with his gol-durned wicked eye Oh, lay me on the horse bridge, With my feet up toward the bough Let it be a Lockport laker or a Tonawanda scow Oh! the E-ri-e was rising And the gin was a-getting low And I scarcely think we'll get a drink Til we get to Buff-a-lo-o-o; 'Til we get to Buffalo Two days out from Syracuse the vessel struck a shoal We like to all be foundered on a chunk o' Lackawanna coal We hollered to the captain on the towpath, treadin' dirt He jumped on board and stopped the leak with his old red flannel shirt Oh! the E-ri-e was rising And the gin was a-getting low And I scarcely think we'll get a drink Til we get to Buff-a-lo-o-o; 'Til we get to Buffalo I've travelled all around this world, and Tonawanda, too I'm every inch a sailor boys, been beaten black and blue The cook is in the Police Gazette, the captain went to jail And I'm the only son-of-a-bitch that's left to tell the tale. Oh Oh! the E-ri-e was rising And the gin was a-getting low And I scarcely think we'll get a drink Til we get to Buff-a-lo-o-o; 'Til we get to Buffalo
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Written by: Traditional Song, Woody Guthrie
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