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Big Bad John
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Big John
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Every mornin' at the mine you could see him arrive
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He stood 6 foot 6 and weighed 245
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Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip
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And everybody knew you didn't give no lip to Big John
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Nobody seemed to know where John called home
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He just drifted into town and stayed all alone
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He didn't say much he's kinda quiet and shy
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And if you spoke at all you just said, "Hi" to Big John
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Somebody said he came from New Orleans
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Where he got in a fight over a Cajun queen
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And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand
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Sent a Louisiana fella to the promised land, Big John
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Then came the day at the bottom of the mine
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When a timber cracked and men started cryin'
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Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast
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And everybody thought that they'd breathed their last, 'cept John
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Through the dust and the smoke
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Of this man made hell walked a giant of a man
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That the miners knew well
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Grabbed a saggin' timber and gave out with a groan
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And like a giant oak tree just stood there alone, Big John
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And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
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Then a miner yelled out, "There's a light up above"
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And 20 men scrambled from a would be grave
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And now there's only one left down there to save, Big John
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With jacks and timbers they started back down
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Then came that rumble way down in the ground
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And as smoke and gas belched out of that mine
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Everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big John
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Now they never reopened that worthless pit
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They just placed a marble stand in front of it
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These few words are written on that stand
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"At the bottom of this mine lies a big, BIG man Big John"
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BIG BAD JOHN ~ Jimmy Dean (1961)
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