Saga of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blues Ox The Saga of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox begins with the first song the The Ballad of Paul Bunyan ( another version was also created called The Paul Bunyan Polka.). In order to complete the Saga of Paul and the Blue Ox the third song BRING BABE BACK TO BANGOR. was created . Now, Paul Bunyan and Babe and the Blue Ox live side by side in Bangor, Maine where they were both born. Want to understand the SAGA completely ? Read the album notes to The Ballad of Paul Bunyan. It starts the SAGA first. and then to complete the story, read the Album Notes of Bring Back Back to Bangor ! The song created by Joe Pickering Jr publisher King of the Road Music,.has Danny Mack singing, producing, an arranging it.. Below is award winning Danny Mack's biography. Enjoy the Fun by reading it all ! Album Notes The first song the Ballad of Paul Bunyan was picked as the Comedy Song of the Year award at the Country Music Association of America in Las Vegas. It was wonderfully sung by award winning Danny Mack. The song has been featured on TV in Maine and also in Oregon. The Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce proclaimed The Ballad of Paul Bunyan the Official Paul Bunyan. The publisher is King of the Road Music which has gotten more than 386,000 hits on its website in a single year. Song Lyrics of the Ballad of Paul Bunyan: The Ballad of Paul Bunyan PAUL BUNYAN WAS TALLER THAN A MAINE PINE TREE BIGGER THAN KING KONG IN THAT OLD MOVIE SOME CLAIM PAUL AND HIS GREAT OX WHOSE TAIL WAS BLUE BUT PAUL WAS BORN IN BANGOR, MAINE IN 1802 ON A MAP YOU'LL SEE LAKES SIDE BY SIDE IN MAINE THOSE ARE THE FOOTPRINTS FILLED BY YEARS OF RAIN THEY LEFT A MARK IN HISTORY LEFT SUCH AN IMPACT OLE BABE THE BLUE OX PAUL BUNYAN THE LUMBERJACK CHORUS WELL PAUL WAS KING OF LUMBER WHEN LUMBER WAS KING OH WHAT A TRACKER HE COULD TRACK ANYTHING ONCE HE FOUND A CARCASS OF AN OLD MOOSE AT DAWN HE FOLLOWED THE HOOF PRINTS BACK TO WHERE IT WAS BORN WHERE EVER PAUL WOULD TRAVEL BABE WAS SURE TO GO BECAUSE OF THE FRIENDSHIP PAUL WAS DEALT A BIG BLOW WITH BABE'S EVERY STEP HE TORE UP TONS OF ROCK TOO MANY TREES WERE SQUASHED BECAUSE OF PAUL'S BLUE OX ALL THE LUMBERJACKS AND TOWN FOLK BEGAN TO COMPLAIN THE WOODS WERE DISAPPEARING IN THE STATE OF MAINE PAUL TRIED TO TIE BABE WITH A ROPE OF STRONGEST STEEL BUT HE NIBBLED THROUGH THE STRAINS LIKE GRASS IN A FIELD REPEAT CHORUS WITH A HEAVY HEART PAUL KNEW WHAT HE MUST DO PAUL KISSED THE GROUND HE LOVED THEN HE LED OLE BLUE OUT OF THE MAINE WOODS TO ADVENTURES WAY OUT WEST WHERE THEY DUG THE GRAND CANYON AND TOOK THEIR FINAL REST REPEAT CHORUS Songwriters Joe Pickering Jr. and Joe Terry Singer and Arranger Danny Mack King of the Road Music BMI Publisher and Copyright Owner C.1996 Lyrical Story line The "true" story of where Paul Bunyan was born, where he lived and where he died. This song was also released as a novelty song on the CD Baseball Songs Sports Heroes CD 2 which along with four other CD's is in the National Baseball Hall of Fame Collection. THE BALLAD OF PAUL BUNYAN 2:58 Singer Danny Mark Co Writers Joe Terry BMI and Joe Pickering Jr. BM I C 1996 Who is the greatest Lumberjack of all time? There is only one answer, Paul Bunyan! He is a legend that still lives in Americana. There are many intriguing questions that are solved by listening to the Ballad of Paul Bunyan. Do you know where Paul Bunyan and his Blue Ox were born? How and where did he live when he was young and what did he do? Why did he need to leave the place of his birth to go out West? These and many other questions are answered in The Ballad of Paul Bunyan. Joe Pickering Jr. and Joe Terry co-wrote this song !! What a fun song to write and enjoy which we hope you will do. Now, here comes the marvelous song about Paul Bunyan and the Blue Ox which completes their live's SAGA It answers the question of .why they left and their triumphant return to Bangor their home town and Maine which they both love dearly ! BRING BABE BACK TO BANGOR Verse: My Blue Ox Once Pulled, Mountains Of Wood, I Can’t Move Like Lightning, Like I Could, Spent Years In The Land Of The Midnight Sun, Gotta Smell Maine Pines, Before We’re Done, Verse: Jumpin’ From Juneau To Bangor I Implore, Maine Let Babe, Come Home Forever More, Baby Babe Squashed, Too Many A Tree, Oh So Big - So Clumsy Was He, Verse: My Blue Ox, Cracked Maine’s Coast Too, I Squeezed The Granite, Back Like New, Maine Faced Danger, Until Babe Grew, Babe Would Have Broken, Maine In Two, Music Interlude Verse: As We Set Out, For Our Western Phase, Babe Whimpered, I Teared For Days, Now We’re Headed Back To Bangor, Back Home To Maine, Cause All Of Maine Is Roaring, This Refrain, Chorus: Bring Babe Back Home To Bangor Bring Babe Back Home To Maine Bring Babe Back Home To Bangor Bring Babe Back Home Today Repeat Chorus >Fade Joe Pickering Jr. Songwriter King of the Road Music publisher Danny Mack Artist Producer and Arranger . C 2016 Notes about the Singer, Producer and arranger of Bring Babe Back to Bangor song. Danny Mack - Recording Artist/ Singer/ Songwriter/ Independent Label Owner/ Producer & Musician Began his musical career at age 14 in the Midwest playing in his dad's band in the Chicago area playing mostly the popular Country /Western music of that era made popular by the singing cowboys of the silver screen the likes of: Roy Rogers, Gene Autry, and Jimmy Wakely. By 1977 he was on the roster of Nashville's' oldest independent label K-Ark Records in the company artists such as: Christie Lane, Johnnie Bush, Doug Kershaw (The Ragin' Cajun) One Wheeler from the Grand Ole Opry and others. In 1986 he was voted Most Versatile and Most Nostalgic artist by Star Publications Readers Poll. He also received numerous music industry awards which include: Lifetime Achievement Award from The Country Music Associations of America, Pioneer Award from The Lone Star State Country Music Association and various others. As a former Radio Host he had his own syndicated Country Gospel and Black Gospel shows the Danny Mack Good News Report on syndicated radio from KCES FM Eufaula, OK and WMPP AM Chicago, IL, and as a songwriter has written many songs recorded by others the likes of 18 time Grammy winner Jimmy Sturr, The Oak Ridge Boys on Rounder Records, Rebecca Thompson, Australian Artist BriarHill Records, Nancy Seibert, Fraternity Records and more. He has had numerous releases both in the USA and overseas on BriarHill Records, Stardust International, Pristine Records, Lone Star Records,&. BDH Records. His music has been performed on The Nashville TV Network, and QVC Home Shopping Networks. Numerous radio and TV appearances include the most popular morning show during the mid 70s' Sandi Freemans; AM Chicago WGN TV Chicago, and the Jake Hartford Show WLS Radio. Over the years Danny has recorded and produced many songs written by songwriter Joe Pickering Jr. of Bangor, ME that have included "The Ballad of Paul Bunyan" and most recently, "Bring Babe Back To Bangor". Danny Mack currently resides in Palm Harbor, FL with his wife Carol and is still performing, writing and recording.