Big Bad John (The Hangman's Hymm)

Описание: “Big Bad John” was originally written and recorded by Jimmy Dean.

This is a slowed and reimagined cover — darker, heavier, and more Southern in tone. With deep vocals and cinematic violin textures, this version aims to capture the mythic, larger-than-life presence of Big John in a new, brutal atmosphere.

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♪ Every mornin' 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 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 Louisiana fellow ♪

♪ To the promised land, Big John, c'mon ♪
♪ Big John, Big John ♪

♪ Big Bad John, Big John ♪

♪ Well, 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 ♪

♪ They'd breathed their last, 'cept John ♪

♪ Big John, Big John ♪

♪ Big John, Big Bad 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 ♪

♪ And with all of his strength ♪

♪ He gave a mighty shove ♪

♪ Then a miner yelled out ♪

♪ There's a light up above ♪

♪ And as 20 men scrambled from a would-be grave ♪

♪ There was only one left down there to save ♪

♪ Big John, Big John, Big John ♪

♪ Big John ♪

♪ Big John, 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 ♪

♪ Now, they never reopened that worthless pit ♪

♪ They just placed a marble slab 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 Bad John ♪

♪ Big John, Big John ♪

♪ Big John, Big Bad John ♪
♪ Big John, Big John ♪
♪ Big John, Big Bad John ♪

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