Our Whole World

The Big Strong Man

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  Have you heard about the big strong man?
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  He lived in a caravan.
                                                                                                          
 Have you heard about the Jeffrey Johnson fight?
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 Oh, Lord what a hell of a fight.
 
 You can take all of the heavyweights you’ve got.
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 We’ve got a lad that can beat the whole lot.
 
 He used to ring bells in the belfry,
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 Now he’s gonna fight Jack Demspey.
 
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 That was my brother Sylvest’ (What’s he got?)
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 A row of forty medals on his chest (big chest!)
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 He killed fifty bad men in the west; he knows no rest.
 
 (A Capella)
 Think of the man, hells’ fire, don’t push, just shove,
 
 Plenty of room for you and me.

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 He’s got an arm like a leg (a ladies’ leg!)
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 And a punch that would sink a battleship (big ship!)
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 It takes all of the Army and the Navy to put the wind up Sylvest’.
 
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 He thought he’d take a trip to Italy.
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 He thought that he’d go by sea.
 
 He dove off the harbor in New York,
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 And swam like a great big shark.
 
 He saw the Lusitania in distress.
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 He put the Lusitania on his chest.
 
 He drank all of the water in the sea,
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 And he walked all the way to Italy.
 
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 He thought he take a trip to old Japan.
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 They turned out a big brass band.
 
 You can take all of the instruments you’ve got,
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 We got a lad that can play the whole lot.
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 And the old church bells will ring (Hells bells!)
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 The old church choir will sing (Hells fire!)
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 They all turned out to say farewell to my brother Sylvest’.