Major Joe
Peter White
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Well did you ever come to know about the deeds of Major Joe He kept a profile that was low but his heart beat loud and strong Whoever wondered where to go or if the word was yes or no They'd just go ask Major Joe and he'd sing to them this song What is fair? What is right? Do you think you will sleep good tonight? Is it time to run or time to fight? You gotta know just where you stand You might have guns to make the peace But your words are how you show your teeth So what do you say when you speak? Come tell all that you've planned To Major Joe, and then we'll know How the rapids flow, and which way to go Joseph Wilson came to be in Perthshire in 1818 He left Scotland at fourteen for a fate that was not sure In September 1843 he took over from his daddy The free port of Sault Ste. Marie as the Customs Officer He very soon became the man who sorted out time and again All tangles where he found them like a father to his own There was no jail a way back then so wrongdoers were sent to stand Inside the fence found on his land 'till Major Joe got home and asked them What is fair? What is right? Do you think you will sleep good tonight? Is it time to run or time to fight? You gotta know just where you stand You might have guns to make the peace But your words are how you show your teeth So what do you say when you speak? Come tell all that you've planned To Major Joe, and then we'll know How the rapids flow, and which way to go In the first year of his residence came a visit from Chief Shingwaukonse For three long hours the air was tense as he questioned where Joe stood In 1845 suspense came with an American offence When Theophilus aimed to make his fence with some nice Canadian wood Theophilus he coaxed and warned but Major Joe just scowled and scorned And left the American forlorn, wood-less and amazed Later that day as it grew warm Joe crossed the river as was the norm And when he refused to please conform they jailed him for three days What is fair? What is right? Do you think you will sleep good tonight? Is it time to run or time to fight? You gotta know just where you stand You might have guns to make the peace But your words are how you show your teeth So what do you say when you speak? Come tell all that you've planned To Major Joe, and then we'll know How the rapids flow, and which way to go In the 1860s Irishmen in America called Fenians Planned to attack Canadians to provoke the British crown So Major Joe the Scottish man organized militiamen And he prepared them to defend his beloved frontier town With no attackers on the way Joe had his men clean up and they Soon found a little wet cache, a priest's keg full of wine The men assailed their liquid prey and soon they all began to sway When Joe came back later that day no soldiers could he find Just a bunch of Canadian boys who could not answer What is fair? What is right? Do you think you will sleep good tonight? Is it time to run or time to fight? You gotta know just where you stand You might have guns to make the peace But your words are how you show your teeth So what do you say when you speak? Come tell all that you've planned To Major Joe, and then we'll know How the rapids flow, and which way to go
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