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Big Strong Man
D7 G
Have you heard about the big strong man?
D
He lived in a caravan.
Have you heard about the Jeffrey Johnson fight?
G
Oh, Lord what a hell of a fight.
You can take all of the heavyweights you’ve got.
D7
We’ve got a lad that can beat the whole lot.
He used to ring bells in the belfry,
G
Now he’s gonna fight Jack Demspey.
G
That was my brother Sylvest’ (What’s he got?)
D7
A row of forty medals on his chest (big chest!)
G
He killed fifty bad men in the west; he knows no rest.
(A Capella)
Think of the man, hells’ fire, don’t push, just shove,
Plenty of room for you and me.
G
He’s got an arm like a leg (a ladies’ leg!)
D7
And a punch that would sink a battleship (big ship!)
G
It takes all of the Army and the Navy to put the wind up Sylvest’.
G
He thought he’d take a trip to Italy.
D7
He thought that he’d go by sea.
He dove off the harbor in New York,
G
And swam like a great big shark.
He saw the Lusitania in distress.
D7
He put the Lusitania on his chest.
He drank all of the water in the sea,
G
And he walked all the way to Italy.
G
He thought he take a trip to old Japan.
D7
They turned out a big brass band.
You can take all of the instruments you’ve got,
G
We got a lad that can play the whole lot.
G
And the old church bells will ring (Hells bells!)
D7
The old church choir will sing (Hells fire!)
G
They all turned out to say farewell to my brother Sylvest’.
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