Big Bad John

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(Big John)
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(Big John)
(Mmmmmm)
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Every moning at the mine you could
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 see him arrive
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He stood six foot six and weighed 
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245
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Kinda broad at the shoulder and 
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narrow at the hip
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And everybody knew you didn't give 
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no lip to Big John.
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John.
                                   
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(Big John)
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(MMm)

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Nobody seemed to know where John 
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called home
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He just drifted into town and 
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stayed all alone
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Didn't say much a-kinda quiet and 
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shy
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And if you spoke at all you just 
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said high to Big John

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Somebody said he came down from 
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New Orleans
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Where he got in a fight over a 
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Cajun Queen
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And a crashin blow from a huge 
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right hand
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Sent a Louisiana fellow to the 
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Promised Land Big John
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(Big John, Big Jo----ohn), Big 
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Bad John.
                                   
(Mmmmm)
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(Big John)
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(MMm)
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Then came one day at the bottom of 
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the mine
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When a timber cracked and the men 
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started crying
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Miners were paraying and their 
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hearts beat fast
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And everybody thought they'd 
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breathed their last 'cept
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John   (Mmmmm)

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Through the dust and the smoke of 
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this man made Hell
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Walked a giant of a man that the 
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miners knew well
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Grabbed a sagging timber and gave 
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out with a groan
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And like a giant oak tree just 
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stood there alone Big John

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(Big John, Big Jo----ohn), Big 
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Bad John.
                                   
(Mmmmm)
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(Big John)
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With all of his strength he gave a 
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mighty shove
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Then a miner yelled out "There's a 
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light up above
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And 20 men scrambled from w would 
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be grave
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Now there's only one left down 
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there to save Big
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John     (Mmmm)

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With jacks and timbers they started
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 back down
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Then came that rumble way down in 
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the ground
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And smoke and gas belched from 
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outta that mine
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Everybody knew it was the end of 
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the line for Big John
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(Big John, Big Jo----ohn), Big 
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Bad John.
                                   
(Mmmmm)
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(Big John)
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Now they never re-opened that 
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worthless pit
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They just placed a marble stand in 
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front of it
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These few lines are written on that
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 stand
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(mmm)         

"At the bottom of this mine, lies a 
Big, Big man.--BIG JOHN".
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(Big John, Big Jo----ohn), Big Bad 
John.
                                   
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(Big John)
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 Big John