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Big Bad John

Big Bad John lyrics by Jimmy Cliff. Big john. big john. Every morning at the mine you could see him arrive. He stood six-foot-six and weighed twofortyfive....

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Big Bad John

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Big john. big john.

Every morning at the mine you could see him arrive.

He stood six-foot-six and weighed twofortyfive.

King of broad at the shoulder

At naroow at the hip

And everybody knew you did'nt give no lip to big john.

Nobody seemed to know where john called home.

He just drifted into town and stayed all alone.

He did'nt say much a kind a quiet and shy

And if you spoke at all

You just said "hi" to big john.

Big john. big john. big john.

Big bad john.

Somebody said he came from new orleans

Where he got in a fight over a cajun queen

And a crashing blow from a huge right hand

Sent a louisiana fellow to the promised land. big john.

Big john. big john. big john.

Big john.

Then came the day at the bottom of the mine

When a timber cracked and the men started craying.

Miners were praying and hearts beat fast

And everybody thought that they'd breathed their last 'cept john.

Through the dust and 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 grown

And like a giant oak tree

Just stood there alone. big john.

Big john. big john. big john.

Big john.

And with all of his strength

He gave a mighty shove;

Then a miner yelled out

There's a light up above!

And twenty men scrambled from a would be grave

And 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

And smoke and gas belched out of that mine

Everybody knew

It was the end of the line for for big john.

Big john. big john. big john.

Big bad john.

Now they never reopened that worthless pit

They just placed a marble stand in front of it;

These few words are written on that stand:

At the bottom of this mine lies a big

Big man; big john.

Big john. big john.

Big bad john.

Big john. big john. ...

Big bad john ...

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Cada manhã na mina você poderia vê-lo chegar.

Estêve o seis-pé-seis e pesou 64.

Rei de largo no ombro

No hip

E todos conheceu-o elasticidade do não, nenhum bordo a john grande.

Alguém pareceu saber onde john chamou o repouso.

Apenas drifted na cidade e permaneceu toda sozinho.

Did\'nt diz muito um tipo um quieto e tímido

E se você falar em tudo

Você disse apenas "hi" a john grande.

John grande. john grande. john grande.

John mau grande.

Ninguém disse que veio de nova orleães

Onde começou em uma luta sobre uma rainha de cajun

E um sopro deixando de funcionar de uma mão direita enorme

Emitiu um companheiro de louisiana à terra prometida. john grande.

John grande. john grande. john grande.

John grande.

Veio então o dia no fundo da mina

Quando uma madeira rachou e os homens começaram craying.

Os mineiros ... e os corações bateram rapidamente

E todos pensou de que respiraram seu último ... john.

Através da poeira e do fumo deste homem fêz o inferno

Andou um gigante de um homem que os mineiros conhecessem bem.

Agarrou uma madeira cedendo e deu-a para fora com crescido

E como uma árvore gigante do carvalho

Estado apenas lá sozinho. john grande.

John grande. john grande. john grande.

John grande.

E com a toda sua força

Deu um poderoso shove;

Então um mineiro gritou para fora

Há uma luz acima acima!

E vinte homens ...de a seriam graves

E agora há somente uma pena esquerda lá a conservar

John grande.

Com jaques e madeiras que começaram trague para trás

Veio então essa maneira do rumble para baixo na terra

E o fumo e o gás fora dessa mina

Todos soube

Era a extremidade da linha para para john grande.

John grande. john grande. john grande.

John mau grande.

Agora nunca reabriram esse poço worthless

Colocaram apenas um carrinho de mármore na frente dele;

Estas poucas palavras são escritas nesse carrinho:

No fundo desta mina encontra-se um grande

Homem grande; john grande.

John grande. john grande.

John mau grande.

John grande. john. grande...

John mau grande...

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