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Big Strong Man

from Cutting Bracken by Fire In The Glen

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lyrics

Have you heard about the big strong man?
He lives in a caravan.
Have you heard about the Jeffrey Johnson fight?
Oh, Lord what a hell of a night.
You can take all of the heavyweights you've got.
We've got a lad that can beat the whole lot.
He used to ring bells in the belfry,
Now he's gone to fight Jack Demspey.

CHORUS:
That was my brother Sylvest' (What's he got?)
A row of forty medals on his chest (big chest!)
He killed fifty bad men in the west -- he knows no rest.
Think of a man, hells' fire, don't push, just shove,
Plenty of room for you and me.
He's got an arm like a leg
And a punch that would sink a battleship (big ship!)
It takes all the army and the navy to put the wind up Sylvest'.

Now, he thought he'd take a trip to Italy.
He thought that he'd go by sea.
He jumped off the harbor in New York,
And swam like a man made of cork.
He saw the Lusitania in distress. (What he do?)
He put the Lusitania on his chest.
He drank all the water in the sea,
And he walked all the way to Italy.

CHORUS

He thought he take a trip to old Japan.
They turned out the whole brass band.
He played every instrument they got,
Like a lad sure he beat the whole lot.
Now the old church bells will ring (Hells bells!)
The old church choir will sing (Hells fire!)
They all turned out to say farewell to my big brother Sylvest'.

CHORUS

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from Cutting Bracken, released January 16, 2023

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Fire In The Glen York, Pennsylvania

Fire in the Glen, an energetic trio based in York, Berks and Lancaster counties, doesn't hold back at its performances! Featuring Tom Knapp (fiddle, bodhran, vocals), Amanda Wells (vocals, guitar), and Rod Nevin (vocals, bagpipes, whistles)
Fire In The Glen brings Irish, Scottish and Maritimes music, as well as their own brand of "Celtic eclectic" accents, to southcentral Pennsylvania and beyond. ... more

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