Subject: Lyr Req: BIG JOE MUFFERAW (Stompin' Tom Connors)
From:
Jim Dixon
Date: 09 May 10 - 11:34 PM
Copied from http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/hardfindsongs/mufferaw_joe.html:
BIG JOE MUFFERAW
Stompin' Tom Connors
Hey-hi, hey-hi-ho,
The best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe,
Mufferaw Joe.
Big Joe Mufferaw paddled into Mattawa
All the way from Ottawa in just one day.
Hey-hey!
On the river Ottawa, the best man we ever saw
Was Big Joe Mufferaw, the old folks say.
Come and listen and I'll tell you what the old folks say.
And they say Big Joe had an old pet frog,
Bigger than a horse and he barked like a dog,
And the only thing quicker than a train upon a track
Was Big Joe riding on the bull-frog's back.
Hey-hi, hey-hi-ho,
The best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe,
Mufferaw Joe.
And they say Big Joe used to get real wet
From cutting down timber and working up a sweat,
And everyone will tell you around Carlton Place
The Mississippi dripped onto Big Joe's face.
Hey-hi, hey-hi-ho,
The best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe,
Mufferaw Joe.
Now Joe had to portage from the Gattineau down
To see a little girl he had in Kempville town.
He was back and forth so many times to see that gal,
The path he wore became the Rideau Canal.
Hey-hi, hey-hi-ho,
The best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe,
Mufferaw Joe.
Big Joe Mufferaw paddled into Mattawa
All the way from Ottawa in just one day.
Hey-hey!
On the river Ottawa, the best man we ever saw
Was Big Joe Mufferaw, the old folks say.
Come and listen and I'll tell you what the old folks say.
And they say Big Joe put out a forest fire,
Halfway between Renfrew and old Arnprior.
He was fifty miles away down around Smith Falls,
But he drownded out the fire with five spit balls.
Hey-hi, hey-hi-ho,
The best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe,
Mufferaw Joe.
Well he jumped into the Calabogie Lake real fast
And he swam both ways to catch a cross-eyed-bass,
But he threw it on the ground and said, "I can't eat that,"
So he covered it over with Mount Saint Patt.
Hey-hi, hey-hi-ho,
The best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe,
Mufferaw Joe.
And they say Big Joe drank a bucket of gin,
And he beat the living tar of the twenty-nine men,
And high on the ceiling of the Pembroke Pub,
There is twenty-nine boot marks and they are signed, "With love."
Hey-hi, hey-hi-ho,
The best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe,
Mufferaw Joe.
Big Joe Mufferaw paddled into Mattawa,
All the way from Ottawa in just one day.
Hey-hey!
On the river Ottawa, the best man we ever saw
Was Big Joe Mufferaw, the old folks say.
Come and listen and I'll tell you what the old folks say.
They say hey-hi, hey-hi-ho,
The best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe,
Mufferaw Joe.
Big Joe Mufferaw, Big Joe Mufferaw, Big Joe Mufferaw, Big Joe Mufferaw,
Big Joe Mufferaw, Big Joe Mufferaw, Big Joe Mufferaw, Big Joe Mufferaw,
Big Joe Mufferaw
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