Wolfe Tones - The Big Strong Man lyrics

have you heard about the big strong man? well, he lives in the caravan have you heard about the Jeffery Johnson fight well lordy what a hell of a fight you can take every heavy weight you've got we've got a lad who can beat the whole lot well, he used to ring the bells in the belfry no he's gonna fight Jack Dempsey... He was my brother Sylvest (What's he got?) A row of forty medals on his chest (Big Chest!) well, he k**ed fifty badmen in the west he knows no rest, thinkin' a man's hell 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 can sick a battle ship (Big Ship!) well it takes all the army and the navy to put the wind up Sylvest well he'd thought he'd take a trip to Italy and he thought he'd go by sea well he jumped of the harbour in New York and he swam like a man made of cork he saw the Lusitania in distress (What'd he do?) well he put the Lusitania on his chest drank up all the water in the sea and he walked all the way to Italy He was my brother Sylvest (What's he got?) A row of forty medals on his chest (Big Chest!) well, he k**ed fifty badmen in the west he knows no rest, thinkin' a man's hell 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 can sick a battle ship (Big Ship!) well it takes all the army and the navy to put the wind up Sylvest well he thought he'd take a trip to old Japan and they turned out the whole bra** band well he played every instrument they got he played the whole lot well the old church bells were ringing (Hell's bells!) the old church choir were singing (Hell's choir!) they all turned out to say farewell to my big brother Sylvest He was my brother Sylvest (What's he got?) A row of forty medals on his chest (Big Chest!) well, he k**ed fifty badmen in the west he knows no rest, thinkin' a man's hell 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 can sick a battle ship (Big Ship!) well it takes all the army and the navy to put the wind up Sylvest