Big Bad John by Charlie Daniels
Every morning at the mine, you could see him arrive
He stood 6 foot 6 and weighed 245
Kind of broad at the shoulders and narrow at the hip
And everybody knew you didn't give no lip to Big John
Nobody knew where John called home
He just drifted into town and stayed all alone
Didn't say much, he's kinda quiet and shy
And if you spoke at all, you'd just said "Hi" to Big John
Somebody said he'd come from New Orleans
Where he got into a fight over a Cajun queen
And a crash and blow from a huge right hand
Sent a Louisiana fella to the promised land, Big John
Big John, Big John
Big bad John
Then there came that day, way down in the mine
When a timber cracked and men started crying
And miners were praying and hearts beating fast
And everybody thought they done breathed their last, cept' John
Through the smoke and the dust of this man-made hell
Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well
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