3. TIL that Canadian solider Leo Major made so much noise during a battle in WW2 th...

TIL that Canadian solider Leo Major made so much noise during a battle in WW2 that he made the German army think that the entire Canadian army was invading

I think he's related to Jo Montferrand (AKA Mufferaw Joe)

Stompin' Tom

Hey-Hi, Hey-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 Come and listen and I'll tell you what the old folks say

And 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 riding on the bull-frog's back

Hey-Hi, Hey-Hi-Ho, the best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe, Mufferaw Joe

And they say Big Joe used to get real wet From cutting down timber and working up a sweat And everyone will tell you around Carlton Place The Mississipi dripped onto Big Joe's face

Hey-Hi, Hey-Hi-Ho, the best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe, Mufferaw Joe

Now Joe had the 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

Hey-Hi, Hey-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 Come and listen and I'll tell you what the old folks say

And they say Big Joe put out a forest fire, Halfway between Renfrew and old Arnprior He was fifty miles away down around Smiths Falls But he drowneded out the fire with five spit balls

Hey-Hi, Hey-Hi-Ho, the best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe, Mufferaw Joe

Well he jumped into the Calabogie Lake real fast And he swam both ways to catch a cross-eyed-bass But he threw it on the ground and said "I can't eat that" So he covered it over with Mount Saint Patt

Hey-Hi, Hey-Hi-Ho, the best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe, Mufferaw Joe

And they say Big Joe drank a bucket of gin And he beat the living tar of the twenty nine men And high on the ceiling of the Pembroke Pub There is twenty-nine boot marks and they are signed with love

Hey-Hi, Hey-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 Come and listen and I'll tell you what the old folks say

They say Hey-Hi, Hey-Hi-Ho, the best man in Ottawa was Mufferaw Joe, Mufferaw Joe

Big Joe Mufferaw, Big Joe Mufferaw, Big Joe Mufferaw, Big Joe Mufferaw, Big Joe Mufferaw, Big Joe Mufferaw, Big Joe Mufferaw, Big Joe Mufferaw, Big Joe Mufferaw

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