{"id":1296,"date":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/big-strong-man-my-brother-sylveste-verzija-2"},"modified":"2008-03-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T11:00:00","slug":"big-strong-man-my-brother-sylveste-verzija-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beerbellyband.com\/en\/big-strong-man-my-brother-sylveste-verzija-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Strong Man (My Brother Sylveste) (Verzija 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irish traditional song lyrics \u2014 collected by Beer Belly Band.<\/em><\/p>\n

Have you heard about the big strong man?
\nHe lived in a caravan.
\nHave you heard about the Jeffrey Johnson fight?
\nOh, Lord what a hell of a fight.
\nYou can take all of the heavyweights you\u2019ve got.
\nWe\u2019ve got a lad that can beat the whole lot.
\nHe used to ring bells in the belfry,
\nNow he\u2019s gonna fight Jack Demspey.<\/p>\n

That was my brother Sylvest\u2019 (What\u2019s he got?)
\nA row of forty medals on his chest (big chest!)
\nHe killed fifty bad men in the west; he knows no rest.
\nThink of a man, hells\u2019 fire, don\u2019t push, just shove,
\nPlenty of room for you and me.
\nHe\u2019s got an arm like a leg (a ladies\u2019 leg!)
\nAnd a punch that would sink a battleship (big ship!)
\nIt takes all of the Army and the Navy to put the wind up Sylvest\u2019.<\/p>\n

Now, he thought he\u2019d take a trip to Italy.
\nHe thought that he\u2019d go by sea.
\nHe dove off the harbor in New York,
\nAnd swam like a great big shark.
\nHe saw the Lusitania in distress.
\nHe put the Lusitania on his chest.
\nHe drank all of the water in the sea,
\nAnd he walked all the way to Italy.<\/p>\n

He thought he take a trip to old Japan.
\nThey turned out a big brass band.
\nYou can take all of the instruments you\u2019ve got,
\nWe got a lad that can play the whole lot.
\nAnd the old church bells will ring (Hells bells!)
\nThe old church choir will sing (Hells fire!)
\nThey all turned out to say farewell to my big brother Sylvest\u2019.<\/p>\n

Bog Down in the Valley
\nO-ro the rattlin’ bog, the bog down in the valley-o
\nO-ro the rattlin’ bog, the bog down in the valley-o<\/p>\n

And in that bog there was a tree, a rare tree, a rattlin’ tree
\nWith the tree in the bog
\nAnd the bog down in the valley-o.<\/p>\n

Now on that tree there was a limb, a rare limb, a rattlin’ limb
\nWith the limb on the tree and the tree in the bog
\nAnd the bog down in the valley-o.<\/p>\n

Now on that limb there was a branch, a rare branch, a rattlin’ branch
\nWith the branch on the limb and the limb on the tree and the tree in the bog
\nAnd the bog down in the valley-o.<\/p>\n

(Repeat, adding a line each time)
\nNow on that branch there was a twig, a rare twig, a rattlin’ twig…..<\/p>\n

Now on that twig there was a nest, a rare nest, a rattlin’ nest…..<\/p>\n

Now in that nest there was an egg , a rare egg, a rattlin’ egg…..<\/p>\n

Now in that egg there was a bird, a rare bird, a rattlin’ bird…..<\/p>\n

Now on that bird there was a feather, a rare feather, a rattlin’ feather …..<\/p>\n

Now on that feather there was a flea, a rare flea, a rattlin’ flea …..<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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