Текст песни Johnny Cash - Big Bad John

Every moning at the mine you could see him arrive 
He stood six foot six and weighed 245 
Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip 
And everybody knew you didn't give no lip to Big John. 

Nobody seemed to know where John called home 

He just drifted into town and stayed all alone 

Didn't say much a-kinda quiet and shy 

And if you spoke at all you just said high to Big John 

Somebody said he came down 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 

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Then came one day at the bottom of the mine 
When a timber cracked and the men started crying 
Miners were paraying and their hearts beat fast 
And everybody thought 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 sagging timber and gave out with a groan 
And like a giant oak tree just stood there alone Big John 
With all of his strength he gave a mighty shove 
Then a miner yelled out "There's a light up above 
And 20 men scrambled from w would be grave 
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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 from outta that mine 
Everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big John 

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Now they never re-opened that worthless pit 
They just placed a marble stand in front of it 
These few lines are written on that stand 
"At the bottom of this mine, lies one Helluva man.--BIG JOHN". 

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