Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Big Bad John, artist - Jimmy Dean. Album song All American Country, in the genre Кантри
Date of issue: 08.12.2019
Record label: Limitless Int
Song language: English
Big Bad 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 bottom of this mine lies one hell of a man, Big John» |
Big John, Big John, Big Bad John (Big John) |
(Big John, Big John, Big John)… |