Henson Cargill Big Bad John Lyrics

Big Bad John Lyrics

(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



Everybody knew you didn't give no lip to Big John



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Nobody seemed to know where John called home



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



A crashin' blow from a huge right hand



Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land Big John



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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



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 sagging timber and gave out with a groan



And like a giant oak tree he just stood there alone Big John



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And with all of his strenght he have a mighty shove



Then a miner yelled out there's a light up above



Twenty men screamed 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



The smoke and gas belched out of the mine



Everybody knew it way the end of the line for Big John



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Now they never reopened that worthless pit



They just placed a marbled stand in front of it



And 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)