Big Joe Mufferaw

{t:Big Joe Mufferaw}
{st:Stompin' Tom Connors}



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[A7]Heave-hi, [G]Heave-hi-[D]ho
the best man in Ottawa was [A7]Mufferaw Joe, Mufferaw [D]Joe
{eoc}


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[D]Big Joe Mufferaw [G]paddled into Mattawa 
[D]All the way from Ottawa in just one [A7]day - hey-hey
[D]On the river Ottawa the [G]best man we ever saw 
was [D]Big Joe Mufferaw the [A7]old folks say
come and [D]listen and I'll tell you what the [A7]old folks [D]say
{eoc}


And they [D]say Big Joe had an [G]old pet frog 
[D]bigger than a horse and he [A7]barked like a dog
And the [D]only thing quicker than a [G]train upon a track 
was [D]Big Joe riding on the [A7]bull-frog's [D]back


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[A7]Heave-hi, [G]Heave-hi-[D]ho
the best man in Ottawa was [A7]Mufferaw Joe, Mufferaw [D]Joe
{eoc}


And they [D]say Big Joe used to [G]get real wet
from [D]cutting down timber and [A7]working up a sweat
and [D]everyone 'll tell you around [G]Carlton Place 
the [D]Mississipi dripped off of [A7]Big Joe's [D]face


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[A7]Heave-hi, [G]Heave-hi-[D]ho
the best man in Ottawa was [A7]Mufferaw Joe, Mufferaw [D]Joe
{eoc}


Now [D]Joe had the portage from the [G]Gatineau down
to [D]see a little girl he had in [A7]Kempville town
he was [D]back and forth so many times to [G]see that gal
the [D]path he wore became the [A7]Rideau [D]Canal


{c: refrain 1:}
[A7]Heave-hi, [G]Heave-hi-[D]ho
the best man in Ottawa was [A7]Mufferaw Joe, Mufferaw [D]Joe
{eoc}


{c: refrain 2:}
[D]Big Joe Mufferaw [G]paddled into Mattawa 
[D]All the way from Ottawa in just one [A7]day - hey-hey
[D]On the river Ottawa the [G]best man we ever saw 
was [D]Big Joe Mufferaw the [A7]old folks say
come and [D]listen and I'll tell you what the [A7]old folks [D]say
{eoc}


Now they [D]say Big Joe put out a [G]forest fire,
half[D]way between Renfrew and [A7]old Arnprior
he was [D]fifty miles away down a-[G]round Smith Falls
but he [D]drowneded out the fire with [A7]five spit [D]balls


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[A7]Heave-hi, [G]Heave-hi-[D]ho
the best man in Ottawa was [A7]Mufferaw Joe, Mufferaw [D]Joe
{eoc}


And he [D]jumped into the Calabogie [G]Lake real fast 
and he [D]swam both ways to catch a [A7]cross-eyed-bass
but he [D]threw it on the ground and said "I [G]can't eat that"
so he [D]covered it over with [A7]Mount Saint[D]Pat


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[A7]Heave-hi, [G]Heave-hi-[D]ho
the best man in Ottawa was [A7]Mufferaw Joe, Mufferaw [D]Joe
{eoc}


And they [D]say Big Joe drank a [G]bucket of gin
and he [D]beat the livin' tar out of [A7]twenty-nine men
and [D]high on the ceiling of the [G]Pembroke Pub 
there's [D]twenty-nine boot marks and they're [A7]signed with [D]love


{c: refrain 1:}
[A7]Heave-hi, [G]Heave-hi-[D]ho
the best man in Ottawa was [A7]Mufferaw Joe, Mufferaw [D]Joe
{eoc}


{c: refrain 2:}
[D]Big Joe Mufferaw [G]paddled into Mattawa 
[D]All the way from Ottawa in just one [A7]day - hey-hey
[D]On the river Ottawa the [G]best man we ever saw 
was [D]Big Joe Mufferaw the [A7]old folks say
come and [D]listen and I'll tell you what the [A7]old folks [D]say
{eoc}


[D]Big Joe Mufferaw, Big Joe Mufferaw, Big Joe Mufferaw...



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