Verse 1There’s A Man Who Still Working,Where The Tunnel Cuts Through Stone,He’s Called A Canal Boatman,In The Dark He Moves Alone.Verse 2They Say He Never Left There,Never Found The Morning Light,He's “Legging” The Heavy Barges,Through The Never-Ending Night.ChorusOh The Canal BoatmanStill Works In The Dark,Oh The Canal BoatmanWhere The Tunnel Leaves Its Mark.Verse 3The Tunnel Bends Without Warning,You Can Never See Where It Ends,And He Meets You In The Silence,Around Every Bend.Verse 4Some Say He Warns The Others,With A Lantern Faint And Low,Others Say He Comes Quickly,When The Waters Start To Flow.ChorusOh The Canal BoatmanStill Works In The Dark,Oh The Canal BoatmanWhere The Tunnel Leaves Its Mark.Verse 5No Towpath Runs Beside Him,No Horses Pull Him Through,Just Echoes In The Water,And A Job He’s Still Got To Do.Final ChorusOh The Canal BoatmanStill Working In The Dark,Oh The Canal BoatmanAlways In Saltersford’s Heart.
