Somewhere in the borderlands One among the many clans Passed a name onto a man And he passed it on again To a maiden full of pride Who was a bride Before he died But we never got to know The man who would be Grandpa Joe The man who would be Grandpa Joe Well he travelled overseas Headed West to the prairies And when war broke out back home With his new country he goes Back 'cross the sea to turn the tide That's when Joseph met his bride But there's so much we don't know And never will 'bout Grandpa Joe And never will 'bout Grandpa Joe As a veteran he returned Winnipeg is where he earned A living for his family A bonny lass, and Ben made three Now the generation's turned And a boy will someday learn Everything there is to know about Old Great-Grandpa Joe About Old Great-Grandpa Joe About Old Great-Grandpa Joe About Old Great-Grandpa Joe About Old Great-Grandpa Joe