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Walking Down Canal Street

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"Walking Down Canal Street" is a drinking song from Roaring Twenties New York.

There are variations and additional impromptu verses.

Max Hunter collected a version of this song from Charles Varley on January 19, 1967, in Hope, Arkansas (See here). This recording is now at on the Southern Missouri State University website online archive of the Max Hunter Collection.

In 2015, the rugby team at the University of Mary Washington was dissolved indefinitely after a recording of team members singing a version of the song was publicized.

Lyrics

Each line is usually first sung by the lead singer, then repeated by the group.

Various dialectical versions exist such as the Scottish version:

References

Walking Down Canal Street Wikipedia