Big Joe Mufferaw Lyrics - A Truly Proud Canadian - Stompin' Tom Connors

Heave Hi, Heave 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 

Heave Hi, Heave 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 Mississipi dripped onto Big Joe's face 

Heave Hi, Heave Hi-Ho,, the best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe, 

Mufferaw Joe 

Now Joe had the portage from the Gatineau down 

To see a little girl he had in Kemptville town 

He was back and forth so 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 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 Smiths Falls 

But he drowneded 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 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 

Heave Hi, Heave 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 

Heave Hi, Heave 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 

Big Joe Mufferaw, Big Joe Mufferaw, Big Joe Mufferaw