Songs from Canal Days

CD by:

Bill Schilling and

Linda Sigismondi

Song List

1. The Old Canal
2. A Canal Dance
3. The Old Skipper
4. Fairy Palace
5. It's Pleasant to Run in Full Moon
6. Canal Boat Wedding
7. The Er-i-e Canal
8. The Erie Canal
9. In the Good Old Summertime
10. Little Sally Waters
11. The Clever Skipper
12. My Old Canal Mule
13. Erin's Green Shore
14. Get That Boat
15. The Mules Ran Off
16. Last Trip in the Fall
17. That Old Towpath

General Description

These songs evoke the feeling of life and times during canal days. The recording includes two traditional songs that were sung by workers along the canal, two songs about the Erie Canal, and many songs written by Pearl Nye about the Ohio and Erie Canal. Nye often put idyllic lyrics about the canal to familiar tunes of his time. He had been born into a canal boat family and spent his life along the canal, even building a home on a lock after the canal closed.

Bill and Linda sing these songs accompanying themselves on mountain dulcimers, guitars, recorders, autoharp, banjo, banjo-guitar, bass guitar, bowed psaltery, hammered dulcimer, jug, and more. Lyrics are included for all of the songs. Written versions of the songs are also available in Linda's book Songs from Canal Days for the Mountain Dulcimer (Linda's Home Page) and from Bill's Dulci-More Public Domain Songbook (Bill Schilling Home Page).

Ordering Information

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Last Updated: July 8, 2003