Lyr Req: Big Strong Man / Sylveste

Subject: Lyric request: Big strong man
From:
Date: 03 Nov 96 - 03:27 PM

I've been looking around for the lyrics to an Irish drinking song; the first verse and bit of chorus goes as follows:

``Have you heard about the big strong man, He lives in a caravan. Have you heard about the Jeffery Johnson fight, Oh, what a hell of a fight! If you take all the men you've got, what have you got? A man that could take the whole lot. (some line I don't know) And he's going to fight Jack Dempsy!

He's my brother, Sylveste. Row full of medals on his chest He killed 50 bad men in the west, He knows no rest.

Subject: RE: Lyric request: Big strong man
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 03 Nov 96 - 10:19 PM

Hi- My Brother, Sylvest' was a popular Canadian Army Song during WWII. I have it around somewhere--I'll send it to you, and put it into the DT when I find it.

Subject: RE: Lyric request: Big strong man
From:
Date: 19 Nov 96 - 10:38 AM

Hi Jonathan, hi Dick,

I know this Irish drinking song as "Big Strong Man" or "Sylvest". Here are the words I know:

Big Styrong Man (Sylvest)

Have you heard about the big strong man; He lived in a caravan Have you heard about the Jeffrey Johnston fight; Oh what a hell of a fight You can take all the heavy weights you got; We gotta lad who will beat the whole lot He used to ring the bells in the belfry; Now he's gonna fight Jack Dempsey.

Chorus: Was me brother Sylvest; What's he got a row of forty medals on his chest He killed fifty bad men in the West; He knew no rest Think of the man; hell's fire; don't push; just shove; Plenty of room; For you and me. Got an arm like a leg and a punch that would sink a battle ship; big ship; Takes all the army and the navy to put the wind up Sylvest.

He thought he'd take a trip to Italy; He thought that he'd go by the sea. He dived off the harbour in New York; He swam like a great big shark. He saw the Lusitania in distress; Put the Lusitania on his chest, Drank all the water in the sea; He walked all the way to Italy.

Chorus:-

He thought he'd take a trip to old Japan; They brought out the big brass band, He played every every instrument they'd got; What a lad, he played the whole lot, The old church bell will ring; The old church choir will sing, They all turned out to say farewell, To my big brother Sylvest.

Sorry for errors, if any - this editor could be better. Chorus is rather difficult to write. If you need guitar chords or music, please let me know here at DT or just e-mail.

Bye

Subject: RE: Lyric request: Big strong man
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 19 Nov 96 - 08:56 PM

Hi- ALL contributions happily accepted. Any thanx. dick

Subject: RE: Lyric request: Big strong man
From:
Date: 22 Nov 96 - 01:35 AM

*scribble scribble scribble* Fantastic; thanks very much, both. CPW -- if you could email me the chords, I'd be deeply and forever indebted.

Subject: RE: Lyric request: Big strong man
From:
Date: 22 Nov 96 - 03:08 AM

Hi Jonathan,

You haven't transfer your e-mail address, so I put the guitar chords here (the way we do it). As in most of popular Irish songs, they aren't very complicated:

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Big Strong Man (Sylvest)

D7 G D

Have you heard about the big strong man; He lived in a caravan

D D7 G

Have you heard about the Jeffrey Johnston fight; Oh what a hell of a fight

G D

You can take all the heavy weights you got; We gotta lad who will beat the whole lot

D G

He used to ring the bells in the belfry; Now he's gonna fight Jack Dempsey.

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Chorus:

G D

Was me brother Sylvest; What's he got a row of forty medals on his chest

D G

He killed fifty bad men in the West; He knew no rest

G

Think of the man; hell's fire; don't push; just shove; Plenty of room; For you and me.

G G

Got an arm like a leg and a punch that would sink a battle ship; big ship;

G D G

Takes all the army and the navy to put the wind up Sylvest.

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If you need more traditional Irish tunes, feel free to contact me at:

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Regards

Subject: RE: Lyric request: Big strong man
From:
Date: 22 Nov 96 - 03:20 AM

Bloody Hell: this editor has deleted spaces, I'll do it once more:

Big Strong Man (Sylvest)

D7=======G==================================================D

Have you heard about the big strong man; He lived in a caravan

D================================================D7===================G

Have you heard about the Jeffrey Johnston fight; Oh what a hell of a fight

G=================================================================================D

You can take all the heavy weights you got; We gotta lad who will beat the whole lot

D==================================================================G

He used to ring the bells in the belfry; Now he's gonna fight Jack Dempsey.

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Chorus:

G==================================================================D

Was me brother Sylvest; What's he got a row of forty medals on his chest

D===============================================G

He killed fifty bad men in the West; He knew no rest

G

Think of the man; hell's fire; don't push; just shove; Plenty of room; For you and me.

G====================================================================G

Got an arm like a leg and a punch that would sink a battle ship; big ship;

G==================================================D===G

Takes all the army and the navy to put the wind up Sylvest.

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I hope on your screen it will be seen as on mine.

Regards