Big Bad John

Big John
 Big John
 Ev'ry mornin' at the mine you could see him arrive
 He stood six foot six and weighed 245
 Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip
 And everybody knew, ya didn't give no lip to Big John
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 Nobody seemed to know where John called home
 He just drifted into town and stayed all alone
 He didn't say much, he kinda quiet and shy
 And if you spoke at all, he just said, "Hi" to Big John
 Somebody said he came from New Orleans
 Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen
 And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand
 Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land, Big John
 (Big John, Big John)
 Big Bad John
 (Big John)
 Then came the day at the bottom of the mine
 When a timber cracked and men started cryin'
 Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast
 And everybody thought that they'd breathed their last, 'cept John
 Through the dust and the smoke of this man-made hell
 Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well
 Grabbed a saggin' timber, gave out with a groan
 And like a giant Oak tree, he just stood there alone, Big John
 (Big John, Big John)
 Big Bad John
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 And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
 Then a miner yelled out, "There's a light up above"
 And 20 men scrambled from a would-be grave
 Now there's only one left down there to save, Big John
 With jacks and timbers they started back down
 Then came that rumble way down in the ground
 And then smoke and gas belched out of that mine
 Everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big John
 (Big John, Big John)
 Big Bad John
 (Big John)
 Now they never reopened that worthless pit
 They just placed a marble stand in front of it
 These few words are written on that stand
 "At the bottom of this mine lies a big, big man, Big John"
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 Big Bad John