Jimmy Dean

                                                                                         (Big John, Big John)
                                        Ev'ry mornin' at the mine you could see him arrive
                                        He stood six foot six and weighed two forty five
                                        Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip
                                        And everybody knew ya didn't give no lip to Big John.
                                        (Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)

                                        Nobody seemed to know where John called home
                                        He just drifted into town and stayed all alone
                                        He didn't say much, kinda quiet and shy
                                        And if you spoke at all, you 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 Loosiana 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 (Big John)

                                        And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
                                        Then a miner yelled out "There's a light up above!"
                                        And twenty 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 bottem of this mine lies one hell of a man big john
                                        (Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)

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Jimmy Dean's "Big Bad John"