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[00:00.78]Big John
[00:03.72]Big John
[00:06.76]Ev'ry mornin' at the mine you could see him arrive
[00:09.10]He stood six foot six and weighed two forty five
[00:12.11]Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip
[00:14.80]And everybody knew, ya didn't give no lip to Big John
[00:19.93](Big John, Big John)
[00:25.42]Big Bad John
[00:28.81](Big John)
[00:31.66]Nobody seemed to know where John called home
[00:34.25]He just drifted into town and stayed all alone
[00:36.94]He didn't say much, he kinda quiet and shy
[00:39.47]And if you spoke at all, he just said, "Hi" to Big John
[00:44.96]Somebody said he came from New Orleans
[00:47.95]Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen
[00:50.50]And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand
[00:53.28]Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land, Big John
[00:58.41](Big John, Big John)
[01:03.74]Big Bad John
[01:06.50](Big John)
[01:09.78]Then came the day at the bottom of the mine
[01:12.32]When a timber cracked and men started cryin'
[01:15.06]Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast
[01:17.95]And everybody thought that they'd breathed their last, 'cept John
[01:23.54]Through the dust and the smoke of this man made hell
[01:26.47]Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well
[01:28.82]Grabbed a saggin' timber, gave out with a groan
[01:31.71]And like a giant Oak tree, he just stood there alone, Big John
[01:36.69](Big John, Big John)
[01:42.08]Big Bad John
[01:45.16](Big John)
[01:48.55]And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
[01:50.94]Then a miner yelled out, "There's a light up above"
[01:53.96]And twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave
[01:57.06]Now there's only one left down there to save, Big John
[02:02.49]With jacks and timbers they started back down
[02:05.24]Then came that rumble way down in the ground
[02:08.12]And then smoke and gas belched out of that mine
[02:11.59]Everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big John
[02:15.97](Big John, Big John)
[02:21.20]Big Bad John
[02:23.96](Big John)
[02:27.30]Now they never reopened that worthless pit
[02:29.65]They just placed a marble stand in front of it
[02:32.44]These few words are written on that stand
[02:35.29]At the bottom of this mine lies a big, big man, Big John
[02:46.32](Big John, Big John)
[02:51.25]Big Bad John
[02:54.08](Big John)
[02:56.68](Big John)
[02:58.63]Big Bad John
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[02:59.63]WITH LOVE