Big Strong Man

Have you heard about the big strong man?

Well, he lives in a caravan

Have you heard about the Johnny Dempsey fight?

Oh, what a hell of a fight

You can take all the heavyweights ya got

We've got a lad that can beat the whole lot

He used to ring the bells in the belfry

Now he's gonna fight Jack Dempsey

He was me brother Sylvest'

(What's he got?)

A row of 40 medals on his chest

(Big chest!)

Killed 50 bad men in the west, he knows no rest

Think of a man, hells fire, don't push, just shove

Plenty of room for you and me

He's got an arm like a leg

And a punch that would sink a battleship

(Big ship!)

Takes all the Army and the Navy, to put the wind up Sylvest'

Well, he thought he'd take a trip to Italy

Thought that he'd go by the sea

Jumped in the harbor in New York

And he swam like a man made of cork

Saw the Lusitania in distress (what'd he do?)

Put the Lusitania on his chest (big chest!)

Drank all of the water in the sea

And he walked all the way to Italy

He was me brother Sylvest'

(What's he got?)

A row of 40 medals on his chest

(Big chest!)

Killed 50 bad men in the west, he knows no rest

Think of a man, hells fire, don't push, just shove

Plenty of room for you and me

He's got an arm like a leg

And a punch that would sink a battleship

(Big ship!)

Takes all the Army and the Navy, to put the wind up Sylvest'

Well, he thought he take a trip to old Japan (ah, so)

Turned out the whole brass band (let's go!)

Played every instrument they got

Like a natural, he played the whole lot!

Now the old church bells will ring (Hells bells!)

The old church choir will sing (Hells fire!)

They all turned out to say farewell to my big brother Sylvest'

He was me brother Sylvest'

(What's he got?)

A row of 40 medals on his chest

(Big chest!)

Killed 50 bad men in the west, he knows no rest

Think of a man, hells fire, don't push, just shove

Plenty of room for you and me

He's got an arm like a leg

And a punch that would sink a battleship

(Big ship!)

Takes all the Army and the Navy, to put the wind up Sylvest'

He was me brother Sylvest'

(What's he got?)

A row of 40 medals on his chest

(Big chest!)

Killed 50 bad men in the west, he knows no rest

Think of a man, hells fire, don't push, just shove

Plenty of room for you and me

He's got an arm like a leg

And a punch that would sink a battleship

(Big ship!)

Takes all the Army and the Navy, to put the wind up Sylvest'