REQ: "Big John" by Jimmy Dean
James Ray Crenshaw
Can't remember all the words, want to teach it to my two boys, 10 & 12.
What other hits did Jimmy Dean have... besides the sausage?
Ray Crenshaw in SC (USA)
Wayne Garvin
On Sun, 29 Mar 1998 08:10:20 -0500
"James Ray Crenshaw" <tbivin...@greenwood.net> wrote:
>REQ: "Big John" by Jimmy Dean
>Can't remember all the words, want to teach it to my two boys, 10 & 12.
From the Jimmy Dean page at Lyrics World
http://www.summer.com.br/~pfilho/html/main_index/by_artist/dean_jimmy.html
Big Bad John
-Artist: Jimmy Dean
-the # 14 song of the 1960-1969 rock era
-was # 1 for 5 weeks in 1961
-Words and Music by Jimmy Dean
(Big John, Big John)
Ev'ry mornin' at the mine you could see him arrive
He stood six foot six and weighed two forty five
Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip
And everybody knew ya didn't give no lip to Big John.
(Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)
Nobody seemed to know where John called home
He just drifted into town and stayed all alone
He didn't say much, kinda quiet and shy
And if you spoke at all, you just said "Hi" to Big John.
Somebody said he came from New Orleans
Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen
And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand
Sent a Loosiana fellow to the Promised Land-Big John
(Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)
Then came the day at the bottom of the mine
When a timber cracked and men started cryin'
Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast
And everybody thought that they'd breathed their last-'cept John
Through the dust and the smoke of this man-made hell
Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well
Grabbed a saggin' timber, gave out with a groan
And like a giant oak tree he just stood there alone-Big John
(Big John, Big John) Big Bad 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
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 then smoke and gas belched out of that mine
Everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big John
(Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big 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)
FADE (Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)
**TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: The 45-single version has this line as "At the bottom
of this mine
lies a hell of a man."
Transcribed by Robin Hood
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Ray Crenshaw sed:
>What other hits did Jimmy Dean have... besides the sausage?
Most of Jimmy Hits could probably be found in a greatest hits collection
(colombia or CBS has one for the years 61 -65, forget its name) His recording
carrer really didnt take off until he had been on TV a few years, although it
actually started earlier, he'd been in bands for years Big John is definately
the most fun of his hits.
Bumming Around '53
Big Bad John '61
Dear Ivan
Pt 109
Little Black Book
Mind your own business (hanks)
the First thing every morning and the last thing every night
stand beside me
slowly (with dottie west)
IOU (ode of thanks to his mom) '76
the sausage and his restaurant business probably keep him a float more than his
music career