Big Bad John
Ton : GEnglish
Every mGoning at the mine you could see him arriFve
He stood sGix foot six and weighed 245F
Kinda bGroad at the shoulder and narrow at the hiFp
And eGverybody knew you didn't give no liFp to Big JohGn.
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Big JEmohn, Big JCaw--woDn, Big Bad JohGn.
Nobody seemed to know where John called home
He just drifted into town and stayed all alone
Didn't say much a-kinda quiet and shy
And if you spoke at all you just said high to Big John
Somebody said he came down from New Orleans
Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen
And a crashing blow from a huge right hand
Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land Big John
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Then cAbame one day at the bottom of the miGbne
When a tAbimber cracked and the men started crGbying
AbMiners were paraying and their hearts beat fGbast
And eAbverybody thought they'd breathed their laGbst 'cept JohAbn
Through the dAbust and the smoke of this man made HeGbll
Walked a gAbiant of a man that the miners knew weGbll
Grabbed a sAbagging timber and gave out with a grGboan
And like a gAbiant oak tree just stood there aloGbne Big JohAbn
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Big JFmohn, Big JDbaw--woEbn, Big Bad JohAbn
With aAll of his strength he gave a mighty shGove
Then a mAiner yelled out "There's a light up aboGve
And 2A0 men scrambled from w would be grGave
Now there's oAnly one left down there to saGve Big JohAn
With jAacks and timbers they started back doGwn
Then cAame that rumble way down in the grGound
And sAmoke and gas belched from outta that miGne
AEverybody knew it was the end of the lGine for Big JoAhn
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Big JF#mohn, Big JaDw--wonE, Big Bad JohnA.
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Now they never re-opened that worthless pit
They just placed a marble stand in front of it
These few lines are written on that stand
"At the bottom of this mine, lies one Helluva man.--BIG JOHN".
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