Big Bad John

(Big John Big John)

Every mornin' at the mine you could see him arrive

He stood six foot six and weighed 2-45

Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip

And everybody knew you 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

Just drifted into town and stayed all alone

He didn't say much he 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 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 breath 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 and 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 strenght he have 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 the smoke and gas belched out of the mine

Everybody knew it way 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 marbled stand in front of it

These few words're written on that stand

At the bottom of this mine lies a big big man

Big John (Big John Big John)

Big Bad John (Big John Big John)

Big Bad John