Cheakamus Joe lyrics

He was born in the middle of a raging storm
They held him by the fire just to keep him warm
The Cheakamus wind was driving through the snow
So his daddy said we`ll call this boy `Cheakamus Joe`

He grew up in the forest with no shoes on his feet
The meanest little kid that you`d ever meet
The only friend he had was a black-eyed crow
But everybody knew about Cheakamus Joe

He wrestled to the ground a grizzly bear
Chewed of its head and shaved off its hair
He took the skin to town and he put it on show
And the legend was started `bout Cheakamus Joe

Every so often he`d come into town
Raise a lot of hell and then he`d be gone
People always asked me `Hey where does he go`
I said `You better not mess with Cheakamus Joe`

One day a man went missing named Cheekye Jim
They found his body torn apart from limb to limb
They dragged me into court and said `Hey what do you know?`
I said `I think somebody fucked with Cheakamus Joe`

The mounties hunted Joe for nearly a year
But he slipped away every time that they drew near
They caught him in a canyon where the wind don`t blow
And that`s where they hung poor Cheakamus Joe

So when you hear it, and you don`t know
You hear the wind but the wind don`t blow
And when the wind blows and it moves your soul
You`re listening to the voice of Cheakamus Joe