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Thread #2854 Message #2821166
Posted By: Jim Dixon
25-Jan-10 - 01:03 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: parodies sung by Homer and Jethro
Subject: Lyr Add: BIG BAD JOHN (parody by Homer & Jethro)
The original of this is in the DT: BIG BAD JOHN by Jimmy Dean.
The following parody is from a recording found here. The recording seems to be from a live show of some kind. I don't know whether the song was ever released on an album.
BIG BAD JOHN (parody)
As sung by Homer & Jethro
He arrived ever' morning at the beauty shop
In a pink sports car with a chartreuse top,
Kind o' narrow at the shoulder an' wide at the seat,
An' ever'body knew they was somethin' mighty sweet
About John.
Somebody said he came from out in L. A.
An' he had a little trouble an' he had to run away
An' a smashing blow from his mighty purse
Got a California feller a ride in a hearse,
Big John.
Then came a day in forty-four
When John says, "Boys, I'm off to war.
I'll join the WACS and I'll serve Aunt Sam."
But John couldn't pass the physical exam,
Big John.
Accordin' to the girls at the beauty salon,
They's one good thing about big bad John:
Whether it's Bruce or Pat or Mike,
He never met a man that he didn't like.
Big bad John.