Big Strong Man-The Wolfe Tones

[ti:Big Strong Man] [ar:The Wolfe Tones] [al:At Their Very Best Live] [offset:0] [00:01.00]Have you heard about the big strong man? [00:04.96]Well, he lives in the caravan [00:07.17]Have you heard about the Jeffery Johnson fight [00:09.97]Well lordy what a hell of a fight [00:11.98]You can take every heavy weight you've got [00:14.45]We've got a lad who can beat the whole lot [00:16.72]Well, he used to ring the bells [00:18.19]In the belfry no he's gonna fight [00:19.97]Jack Dempsey [00:21.07]He was my brother Sylvest (What's he got?) [00:23.02] [00:23.96]A row of forty medals on his chest (Big Chest!) [00:26.24]Killed fifty badmen in the west [00:28.14]He knows no rest, thinkin' a man's hell fire [00:30.31]Don't push, just shove, [00:31.44]Plenty of room for you and me [00:32.77]He's got an arm like a leg [00:34.71]And a punch that can sick a battle ship (Big Ship!) [00:37.38]It takes all the army [00:38.61]And the navy to put the wind up Sylvest [00:41.90]Well he'd thought he'd take a trip to Italy [00:44.58]And he thought he'd go by sea [00:46.85]He jumped of the harbour in New York [00:49.16]And he swam like a man made of cork [00:51.79]He saw the Lusitania in distress (What'd he do?) [00:54.38]Well he put the Lusitania on his chest [00:56.71]Drank up all the water in the sea [00:58.77]And he walked all the way to Italy [01:00.63]He was my brother Sylvest (What's he got?) [01:03.76]A row of forty medals on his chest (Big Chest!) [01:06.18]Killed fifty badmen in the west [01:08.06]He knows no rest, thinkin' a man's hell fire [01:10.16]Don't push, just shove, [01:10.97]Plenty of room for you and me [01:12.43]He's got an arm like a leg [01:14.68]And a punch that can sick a battle ship (Big Ship!) [01:17.42]Well it takes all the army [01:18.89]And the navy to put the wind up Sylvest [01:21.85]Well he thought he'd take a trip to old Japan [01:24.93]And they turned out the whole brass band [01:27.26]Well he played every instrument they got [01:29.35]Like a lad sure he beat the whole lot, [01:31.75]Well the old church bells were ringing (Hell's bells!) [01:34.26]The old church choir were singing (Hell's choir!) [01:36.59]They all turned out to say farewell [01:38.93]To my big brother Sylvest [01:40.90]He was big brother Sylvest (What's he got?) [01:43.76]A row of forty medals on his chest (Big Chest!) [01:46.41]Killed fifty badmen in the west [01:48.31]He knows no rest, thinkin' a man's hell fire [01:50.46]Don't push, just shove, [01:51.53]Plenty of room for you and me [01:53.13]He's got an arm like a leg [01:54.88]And a punch that can sick a battle ship (Big Ship!) [01:57.74]Well it takes all the army [01:59.06]And the navy to put the wind up Sylvest [02:02.94]