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(music)
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Got a trap-steamer,
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my ship's called Hal
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Forty miles on the Panama Canal
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Got a cargo of sodas,
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they are lo-cal
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Forty miles on the Panama Canal
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Sailing 'cross the Caribbean Sea
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To the Pacific in jiffy
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Through, Panama but not on land
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I'd look silly with my ship in the sand
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Yo Hal, try that canal
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You Hal, the canal is your pal
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You can sail a cargo ship
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From sea to shining sea
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Through the Panama Canal for a nominal fee
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You enter a lock, it's a ship coral
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Forty miles on the Panama Canal
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You pay your money, then get a decal
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Forty miles on the Panama Canal
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You cross the locks, they number three
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Full of water for you and me
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100 feet wide, 41 feet deep
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Water enough to drench a sheep
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High lock, up goes the ship
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Low lock, the ship takes a dip
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First they raise the water level then lower it again
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'Cross the Panama Canal
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It's real easy
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We pass the locks, with good moral
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Forty miles on the Panama Canal
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The crew yells out, 'Thank you, Hal'
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Forty miles on the Panama Canal
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You're welcome, men
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Wasn't that fun
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Forty miles, our voyage is done
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For I'm full on now past Balboa
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Adios Panama, so long - aloha