The two popular Erie Canal songs are representative from this side of the pond: "The ER-I-E" and "The Erie Canal" (they start, respectively, "Oh, the E_RI_E was a rising high, forget it I never shall....", and "I've got a mule and her name is Sal...." both of which obviously rhyme with "canal". :D

There's a poignant canal-related tune in Burl Ive's repertory called "The Locktender's Lament". from the same neighborhood (upper New York State).

These may not be much use to your project if you are focusing mostly on UK canal life which is a bit different.


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