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03 Nov 96 - 03:27 PM (#230) Subject: Lyric request: Big strong man From: Jonathan Dursi 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. |
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03 Nov 96 - 10:19 PM (#233) Subject: RE: Lyric request: Big strong man From: dick greenhaus 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.
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19 Nov 96 - 10:38 AM (#446) Subject: RE: Lyric request: Big strong man From: cpw@giga.com.pl 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
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19 Nov 96 - 08:56 PM (#454) Subject: RE: Lyric request: Big strong man From: dick greenhaus Hi- ALL contributions happily accepted. Any thanx. dick |
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22 Nov 96 - 01:35 AM (#501) Subject: RE: Lyric request: Big strong man From: Jonathan Dursi *scribble scribble scribble* Fantastic; thanks very much, both. CPW -- if you could email me the chords, I'd be deeply and forever indebted. |
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22 Nov 96 - 03:08 AM (#503) Subject: RE: Lyric request: Big strong man From: cpw@giga.com.pl 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: ============================ 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. ---------------- 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. ============================== If you need more traditional Irish tunes, feel free to contact me at: cpw@giga.com.pl Regards |
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22 Nov 96 - 03:20 AM (#504) Subject: RE: Lyric request: Big strong man From: cpw@giga.com.pl 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. ---------------- 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. ============================== I hope on your screen it will be seen as on mine. Regards |