This is a parody of one of my favorite songs of long ago. A classic by Jimmy Dean. (Yes, the sausage king started out as a Nashville Cowboy :P)
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"Big Bad Ron"
Ev'ry morning at the mine you could see him arrive
He stood five foot six and weighed one forty five
Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip
And everybody knew ya didn't give no lip to Big Ron.
(Big Ron, Big Ron) Big Bad Ron (Big Ron)
Nobody seemed to know where Ron called home
He just drifted into town and stayed all alone
He didn't say much, kinda quiet and shy
And if you spoke at all, you just said "Hi" to Big Ron.
Somebody said he came from Middleton
Where he got in a fight over a cheering queen
And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand
Sent a Colorado fellow to the Promised land-Big Ron
(Big Ron, Big Ron) Big bad Ron (Big Ron)
Then came the day at the bottom of the mine
When a timber cracked and men started cryin'
Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast
And everybody thought that they'd breathed their last
'cept Ron
Through the dust and the smoke of this man-made hell
Walked a giant of a man that the miner's knew well
Grabbed a sagging timber, gave out with a groan
And like a blue oak tree just stood there alone-Big Ron
(Big Ron) Big Bad Ron (Big Ron)
And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
Then a miner yelled out "There's a light up above!"
And twenty men scrambled from a would be grave
Now there's only one left down there to save-Big Ron
With jacks and timbers they started back down
Then came that rumble way down in the ground
And then smoke and gas belched out of that mine
Everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big Ron
(Big Ron, Big Ron) Big Bad Ron (Big Ron)
Now they never reopened that worthless pit
They just placed a marble stand in front of it
These few words are written on that stand
At the bottom of this mine lies a hell of a man, Big Ron.
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For those familiar with this great Jimmy Dean song (he wrote and sang it) I went with the original words of the 45 single release, rather than the words of the album. The words " a hell of a man"
were replaced by "At the bottom of this mine lies a BIG BIG man" due to complaints of foul lanquage.
"Big Bad John" was the number one song for three weeks in 1961.
