Big Bad John-Country Crusaders

[ti:Big Bad John] [ar:Country Crusaders] [al:60s Country Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.58]Big John [00:01.73] [00:03.39]Big John [00:04.57] [00:06.24]Ev'ry mornin' at the mine you could see him arrive [00:09.28]He stood six foot six and weighed two forty five [00:12.01]Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip [00:14.85]And everybody knew ya didn't give no lip to Big John [00:18.20] [00:18.89](Big John Big John) [00:25.49]Big Bad John [00:26.33] [00:28.32](Big John) [00:29.83] [00:31.52]Nobody seemed to know where John called home [00:33.59] [00:34.11]He just drifted into town and stayed all alone [00:37.11]He didn't say much he kinda quiet and shy [00:40.02]And if you spoke at all he just said "Hi" to Big John [00:43.56] [00:44.92]Somebody said he came from New Orleans [00:47.80]Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen [00:50.29]And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand [00:54.17]Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land Big John [00:56.82] [00:58.59](Big John Big John) [01:04.17]Big Bad John [01:05.06] [01:06.73](Big John) [01:07.95] [01:09.57]Then came the day at the bottom of the mine [01:12.86]When a timber cracked and men started cryin' [01:15.62]Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast [01:18.47]And everybody thought that they'd breathed their last 'cept John [01:21.80] [01:23.64]Through the dust and the smoke of this man made hell [01:26.32]Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well [01:29.27]Grabbed a saggin' timber gave out with a groan [01:31.93]And like a giant Oak tree he just stood there alone Big John [01:35.33] [01:37.13](Big John Big John) [01:42.65]Big Bad John [01:43.64] [01:45.50](Big John) [01:46.63] [01:48.38]And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove [01:51.26]Then a miner yelled out "There's a light up above" [01:54.41]And twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave [01:57.04]Now there's only one left down there to save Big John [02:00.30] [02:02.05]With jacks and timbers they started back down [02:05.23]Then came that rumble way down in the ground [02:08.28]And then smoke and gas belched out of that mine [02:11.05]Everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big John [02:14.39] [02:15.83](Big John Big John) [02:21.40]Big Bad John [02:22.35] [02:24.13](Big John) [02:25.32] [02:27.29]Now they never reopened that worthless pit [02:29.25]They just placed a marble stand in front of it [02:32.39] [02:33.04]These few words are written on that stand [02:35.48] [02:36.89]At the bottom of this mine lies a big big man Big John [02:42.58] [02:44.85](Big John Big John) [02:50.37]Big Bad John [02:51.21] [02:53.10](Big John) [02:54.26] [02:55.86](Big John) [02:57.33]Big Bad John [02:58.53]Big Bad John - Country Crusaders