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GEvery moning at the mine you could see Fhim arrive He stood Gsix foot six and weighed 24F5 Kinda Gbroad at the shoulder and narrow at the Fhip And Geverybody knew you didn't give no Flip to Big GJohn. Big EmJohn, Big CJaw----Dwon, Big Bad GJohn.
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 (Chorus)
Then Abcame one day at the bottom of the Gbmine When a Abtimber cracked and the men started Gbcrying AbMiners were paraying and their hearts beat Gbfast And Abeverybody thought they'd breathed their Gblast 'cept AbJohn Through the Abdust and the smoke of this man made GbHell Walked a Abgiant of a man that the miners knew Gbwell Grabbed a Absagging timber and gave out with a Gbgroan And like a Abgiant oak tree just stood there aGblone Big AbJohn Big FmJohn, Big DbJaw----Ebwon, Big Bad AbJohn With Aall of his strength he gave a mighty Gshove Then a Aminer yelled out "There's a lightG up above And A20 men scrambled from w would be Ggrave Now there's Aonly one left down there to Gsave Big AJohn With Ajacks and timbers they started back Gdown Then Acame that rumble way down in the Gground And Asmoke and gas belched from outta that Gmine AEverybody knew it was the end of the Gline for Big AJohn Big F#mJohn, Big DJaw----Ewon, Big Bad AJohn.
Return to G 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". (Chorus)