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[SINGING] Got a tramp steamer

My ship's called Hal

CHORUS: Forty miles on the Panama Canal

Got a cargo of sodas

They are low-cal

CHORUS: Forty miles on the Panama Canal

YAKKO: Sailing cross the Caribbean Sea

To the Pacific in a jiffy

Through Panama But not on land

I'd look silly with my ship in the sand

CHORUS: Yo, Hal, try the canal Yo, Hal, the canal is your pal

You can sail a cargo ship

From sea to shining sea Through the Panama Canal

For a nominal fee

YAKKO: You enter a lock

It's a ship corral

CHORUS: Forty miles on the Panama Canal

YAKKO: You pay your money

Then get a decal

CHORUS: Forty miles on the Panama Canal

YAKKO: You cross the locks

They number three

Full of water for you and me

One hundred feet wide Forty-one feet deep

Water enough to drench a sheep

CHORUS: High lock, up goes the ship

Low lock, the ship takes a dip

First they raise the water level Then lower it again

Cross the Panama Canal

It's really Zen

We passed the locks with good morale

CHORUS: Forty miles on the Panama Canal

The crew yells out:

Thank you, Hal

Forty miles on the Panama Canal

You're welcome, men

Wasn't that fun?

Forty miles, our voyage is done

From Colon now, past Balboa Adios, Panama

So long, aloha

[SHEEP BAAS]