Chords:
{title: Big Joe Mufferaw}
{artist: Stompin’ Tom Connors}
{key: G}
https:www.youtube.com/watch?Ctx14x2HHao Capo 2
{c: Thanks to Joe Caruso}
[D] Heave hi, [C] heave hi [G] ho,
the [G] best man in Ottawa was Muffaraw [D] Joe, Muffaraw [G] Joe
{soc}
[G] Big Joe Muffaraw [C] paddled into Mattawa
[G] All the way from Ottawa in [D] just one day,
[D] Hey, Hey!
[G] On the river Ottawa the [C] best man you ever saw
was [G] Big Joe Muffaraw the [D] old folks say
[D] Come and [G] listen and I'll tell you what the [D] old folks [G] say
{eoc}
[G] And they say Big Joe had an [C] old pet frog
[G] Bigger than a horse and he [D] barked like a dog
And the [G] only thing quicker than a [C] train upon a track
Was [D] Big Joe riding on the bull [C] frog’ s [G] back
[D] Heave hi, [C] heave hi [G] ho,
the [G] best man in Ottawa was Muffaraw [D] Joe, Muffaraw [G] Joe
{c:}
[G] And they say Big Joe used to [C] get real wet
[G] From cutting down timber and [D] working up a sweat
And [G] everyone will tell round [C] Carlton Place
The [D] Mississippi dripped off of [C] Big Joe's [G] face
[D] Heave hi, [C] heave hi [G] ho,
the [G] best man in Ottawa was Muffaraw [D] Joe, Muffaraw [G] Joe
{c:}
[G] Now Joe had to portage from the [C] Gatineau down
[G] To see a little girl he had in [D] Kemptville Town
He was [G] back and forth so many times to [C] see that gal
The [D] path he wore became the [C] Rideau Ca [G] nal
[D] Heave hi, [C] heave hi [G] ho,
the [G] best man in Ottawa was Muffaraw [D] Joe, Muffaraw [G] Joe
{soc}
[G] Big Joe Muffaraw [C] paddled into Mattawa
[G] All the way from Ottawa in [D] just one day,
[D] Hey, Hey!
[G] On the river Ottawa the [C] best man you ever saw
was [G] Big Joe Muffaraw the [D] old folks say
[D] Come and [G] listen and I'll tell you what the [D] old folks [G] say
{eoc}
{np}
[G] Well they say Big Joe put out a [C] Forest fire
[G] Half way between Renfrew and [D] old Arnpior
He was [G] fifty miles away down [C] around Smith Falls
When [D] he drowned out the fire with [C] five spit [G] balls
[D] Heave hi, [C] heave hi [G] ho,
the [G] best man in Ottawa was Muffaraw [D] Joe, Muffaraw [G] Joe
{c:}
[G] Well he jumped in the Calabogie [C] Lake real fast
[G] And he swam both ways to catch a [D] cross eyed bass
But he [G] threw it on the ground and said [C] I can't eat that
So [D] he covered it over with [C] Mount Saint [G] Pat
[D] Heave hi, [C] heave hi [G] ho,
the [G] best man in Ottawa was Muffaraw [D] Joe, Muffaraw [G] Joe
{c:}
[G] And they say Big Joe drank a [C] bucket of gin
[G] And he beat the livin’ tar out of [D] twenty-nine men
And [G] high on the ceiling of a [C] Pembroke pub
There's [D] twenty-nine boot marks and they’re [C] signed with [G] love
[D] Heave hi, [C] heave hi [G] ho,
the [G] best man in Ottawa was Muffaraw [D] Joe, Muffaraw [G] Joe
{soc}
[G] Big Joe Muffaraw [C] paddled into Mattawa
[G] All the way from Ottawa in [D] just one day,
[D] Hey, Hey!
[G] On the river Ottawa the [C] best man you ever saw
was [G] Big Joe Muffaraw the [D] old folks say
[D] Come and [G] listen and I'll tell you what the [D] old folks [G] say
{eoc}
[D] Heave hi, [C] heave hi [G] ho,
the [G] best man in Ottawa was Muffaraw [D] Joe, Muffaraw [G] Joe
[G] Big Joe Muffaraw x5
