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