I know this will bring about more remarks about racism but this is the way I collected the song. I do not condone the use of racist language but in true collectors spirit I feel it should be recorded the way it was originally written. I actually sing "bad men" but, as I say, this is the way the song was written and, at that time, it was not intended to be disrespectful to anyone.
Sylvest.

Have you heard about the big strong man.
Who lives in a caravan,
Have you heard about the Johnstone Jeffrey fight,
When the big black nigger fought the white.
You can bring all the heavyweights you've got,
I've a one that will beat the whole lot,
He plays the organ in the belfry and He wants to fight Jack Dempsey,

That's my brother (WHO) Sylvest, (WHAT'S HE GOT)
He's got a row of forty medals on his chest. (BIG CHEST),
He killed forty niggers in the west,
He takes no rest,
Pick of the man,
Hell fire,
Son of a gun,
Don't push,
Just shove,
Plenty of room for you and me.
What's yours,
Mines a pint.
He's got an arm, (LIKE A LEG! A LADY'S LEG?),
And a punch that would sink a battle ship (BIG SHIP)
It takes the army and the navy,
To put the wind up (WHO) Sylvest.

Well he thought that would go to Italy,
And he thought that he'd go by sea,
He dived off the harbour in New York,
And he swam like a man made of cor - ork,
He came on the Lusitania in distress, (WHAT'D HE DO),
He swallowed all the water in the sea (BIG SWALLOW)
He put the Lusitania on his chest, (BIG CHEST),
And carried the whole damn lot to Italy.

That's my brother (WHO) Sylvest, (WHAT'S HE GOT)
He's got a row of forty medals on his chest. (BIG CHEST),
He killed forty niggers in the west,
He takes no rest,
Pick of the man,
Hell fire,
Son of a gun,
Don't push,
Just shove,
Plenty of room for you and me.
What's yours,
Mines a pint.
He's got an arm, (LIKE A LEG! A LADY'S LEG?),
And a punch that would sink a battle ship (BIG SHIP)
It takes the army and the navy,
To put the wind up (WHO) Sylvest.

He thought he'd take a trip to old Japan,
They brought out the whole brass band,
He played all the instruments they'd got,
Then he blew up the whole damn lot.
All the girls and the boys they were singing,
And the church bells they were a ringing, (DING DONG),
They were ringing out a welcome
To my great big brother Sylvest.

That's my brother (WHO) Sylvest, (WHAT'S HE GOT)
He's got a row of forty medals on his chest. (BIG CHEST),
He killed forty niggers in the west,
He takes no rest,
Pick of the man,
Hell fire,
Son of a gun,
Don't push,
Just shove,
Plenty of room for you and me.
What's yours,
Mines a pint.
He's got an arm, (LIKE A LEG! A LADY'S LEG?),
And a punch that would sink a battle ship (BIG SHIP)
It takes the army and the navy,
To put the wind up (WHO) Sylvest.