Big Bad John Lyrics - Singles - Henson Cargill

(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 

(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 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 

(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 

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 

(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 

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 

(Big John Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)