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Artist/Band: Stompin Tom Connors
Lyrics for Song: Big Joe Mufferaw
Lyrics for Album: Sings Canadian History [2001]



Heave hi, heave hi ho

The best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe

Mufferaw Joe



Big Joe Mufferaw paddled in to Mattawa

All the way from Ottawa just one day, Hey, Hey

On the river Ottawa the best man we ever saw

Was Big Joe Mufferaw the old folks say

Come an' listen I'll tell ya what the old folks say



And they say Big Joe had an old pet frog

Bigger than a horse an' he barked like a dog

And the only thing quicker than a train upon a track

Was Big Jow ridin' on the bullfrog's back



Heave hi, heave hi ho

The best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe, Mufferaw Joe



An' they say Big Joe used to get real wet

From cuttin' down timber and workin' up a sweat

An' everyone will tell ya around Carleton Place

The Mississippi dripped off Big Joe's face



Heave hi, heave hi ho

The best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe, Mufferaw Joe



Now Joe had to portage from the Gatineau down

To see a little girl he had in Kemptville town

He was back and forth some many times to see that gal

The path he wore became the Rideau Canal



Heave hi, heave hi ho

The best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe, Mufferaw Joe



Big Joe Mufferaw paddled in to Mattawa

All the way from Ottawa just one day, Hey, Hey

On the river Ottawa the best man we ever saw

Was Big Joe Mufferaw the old folks say

Come an' listen I'll tell ya what the old folks say



An' they say Big Joe put out a forest fire

Halfway between Renfrew and ol' Arnprior

He was fifty miles away down around Smith Falls

But he drowned out the fire with five spit balls



Heave hi, heave hi ho

The best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe, Mufferaw Joe



Well he jumped in the Calabogie lake real fast

He swam both ways to catch a cross eyed bass

But he threw in on the ground and said "I can't eat that"

So he covered it over with mount Saint Pat



Heave hi, heave hi ho

The best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe, Mufferaw Joe



An' they say Big Joe drank a bucket of Gin

And he beat the livin' tar outta twenty-nine men

And high on the ceiling of the Pembroke pub

There's twenty-nine boot marks and they're signed with love



Heave hi, heave hi ho

The best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe, Mufferaw Joe



Big Joe Mufferaw paddled in to Mattawa

All the way from Ottawa just one day, Hey, Hey

On the river Ottawa the best man we ever saw

Was Big Joe Mufferaw the old folks say

Come an' listen I'll tell ya what the old folks say



They say Heave hi, heave hi ho

The best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe, Mufferaw Joe



Big Joe Mufferaw(x4)


Album Lyrics: Sings Canadian History [2001]


Stompin Tom Connors
"Sings Canadian History [2001]"


1. Big Joe Mufferaw
2. Bridge Came Tumbling Down
3. Don Messer Story
4. Tribute to Wilf Carter