Erie Canal and Work Songs

2025 marks the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal’s completion from Lake Erie to the Hudson River, which served as an economic engine and also coincided with the rise of work ballads and labor protest songs. Featuring “Erie Canal (15 miles),” “E-ri-e Canal,” “The Banner of Labor,” “John Henry,” “The Farmer is the Man,”  “I’m Afloat on the Erie Canal,” “The Raging Canal,”  “16 Tons,” “Dark as a Dungeon,” “Come All Ye Coal Miners,” “Rolling Down to Old Maui,” “The Wreck of the Old 97,” “Nine Pound Hammer” and “I’ve Been Working on the Railroad.”