Big Joe Mufferaw paddled into Mattawa all the way from Ottawa in just one day-hey hey-
All the river Ottawa the best man we ever saw was big Joe Mufferaw the old folks sayeeeh
Come listen and I'll tell ya what the old folks say...
Yeah 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-