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 



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