{"id":393,"date":"2013-07-06T17:55:21","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T21:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=393"},"modified":"2021-03-09T13:38:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T17:38:34","slug":"the-e-ri-e-canal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/?page_id=393","title":{"rendered":"The E-RI-E Canal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A minstrel song from the days of the Erie Canal in New York.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4485\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4485\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4485\" src=\"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/17361499_1272943999441495_7298974133398886640_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/17361499_1272943999441495_7298974133398886640_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/17361499_1272943999441495_7298974133398886640_n-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/17361499_1272943999441495_7298974133398886640_n-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/17361499_1272943999441495_7298974133398886640_n-624x447.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-4485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Dutch postcard from the 1910s? Instead of a mule, I guess the wife took a turn&#8230; I don&#8217;t recommend today!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We were forty miles from Albany,<br \/>\nForget it I never shall.<br \/>\nWhat a terrible storm we had that night<br \/>\nOn the E-ri-e Canal.<\/p>\n<p>Chorus:<br \/>\n<strong><em>Oh, the E-ri-e was a-risin\u2019<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> And the gin was a-getting low<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> And I scarcely think we\u2019re gonna get another drink<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> \u2018Till we get to Buffalo,<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em> \u2018till we get to Buffalo<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our captain, he came on up on deck<br \/>\nWith a spy-glass in his hand<br \/>\nBut the fog it was so goddamn thick<br \/>\nThat he couldn\u2019t see the land<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>chorus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our cook, she was a mean ol\u2019 gal,<br \/>\nShe wore a ragged dress.<br \/>\nWe hoisted her up on a pole<br \/>\nAs a signal of distress.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>chorus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We shouted out to the first mate,<br \/>\nOn the towpath, kickin&#8217; dirt.<br \/>\nHe jumped on board and stopped the leak<br \/>\nWith his old red flannel shirt.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>chorus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But when we got to Syracuse,<br \/>\nThe off-mule she was dead.<br \/>\nThe nigh-mule got the staggers<br \/>\nSo we cracked him on the head.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>chorus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Oh the girls are in the Police Gazette<br \/>\nAnd the crew are all in jail.<br \/>\nAnd I\u2019m the only son-of-a-gun<br \/>\nThat\u2019s left to tell the tale.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>chorus<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iLfGSXuHu5g\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A minstrel song from the days of the Erie Canal in New York. We were forty miles from Albany, Forget it I never shall. What a terrible storm we had that night On the E-ri-e Canal. Chorus: Oh, the E-ri-e was a-risin\u2019 And the gin was a-getting low And I scarcely think we\u2019re gonna get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-393","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5559,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/393\/revisions\/5559"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thejovialcrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}