Big Joe Mufferaw (Live)

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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

I'm a-listenin' to tell you what the old folks say

Now 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 ridin' on the bullfrog's back

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The best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe

Mufferaw Joe

They say Big Joe used to get real wet

From cuttin' down timber and workin' up a sweat

And everyone will tell you around Carleton Place

That the Mississippi dripped off of Big Joe's face

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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 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

I'm a-listenin' to tell you what the old folks say

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 drowned out the fire with five spitballs

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The best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe

Mufferaw Joe

Well he jumped in the Calabogie Lake real fast

And swam both ways to catch a cross-eyed bass

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

So he covered it over with Mount Saint Pat

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The best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe

Mufferaw Joe

Now they say Big Joe drank a bucket o' gin

And then he beat the living tar out of 29 men

And high on the ceilin' of a Pembroke pub

There's 29 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 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

I'm a-listenin' to tell you what the old folks say

They say

Heave hi

Heave hi ho

The best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe

Mufferaw Joe

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