tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867654097524146577.post5210004245964944829..comments2024-01-20T18:58:12.142+00:00Comments on *KAZOOP !!: A LOOK AT COR!! STRIPS: SUPER SPOOKIrmantashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14291067561616131559noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867654097524146577.post-79574539614485153462012-11-15T11:23:48.812+00:002012-11-15T11:23:48.812+00:00I quite liked super spook as a kid..was very drawn...I quite liked super spook as a kid..was very drawn to the first story and how he died saving others..as you say the costume was funny..<br /><br />There is a 60's song a bit like that..about a strong mean miner who saved everyone from the mine and everyone liked him after that as it costed his life..<br />Just got the title its Big Bad John sang by<br />Jimmy Dean.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Big John<br />Big John<br />Every morning at the mine you could see him arrive<br />He stood six-foot-six and weighed two-forty-five<br />Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip<br />Everybody knew you didn't give no lip to Big John<br /><br />Big John<br />Big John<br />Big Bad John<br />Big John<br /><br />Nobody seemed to know where John called home<br />He just drifted into town and stayed all alone<br />He didn't say much, kinda quiet and shy<br />If ya spoke at all, ya just said hi to Big John<br /><br />Somebody said he came from New Orleans<br />Where he got in a fight o'er a cajun queen<br />And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand<br />Sent a Lousianna fella to the promised land, Big John<br /><br />Big John<br />Big John<br />Big Bad John<br />Big John<br /><br />Then came the day at the bottom of the mine<br />When a timber cracked and men started cryin'<br />Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast<br />And everybody thought they'd breathed their last, 'cept John<br /><br />Through the dust and the smoke of this man-made hell<br />Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well<br />Grabbed the saggin' timber and gave out with a groan<br />And like a giant oak tree, just stood there alone, Big John<br /><br />Big John<br />Big John<br />Big Bad John<br />Big John<br /><br />And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove<br />Then a miner yelled out, there's a light up above<br />And twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave<br />now there's only one left down there to save, Big John<br /><br />With jacks and timbers they started back down<br />Then came that rumble way down in the ground<br />As smoke and gas belched outta the mine<br />Everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big John<br /><br />Big John<br />Big John<br />Big Bad John<br />Big John<br /><br />Now, they never re-opened that worthless pit<br />They just placed a marble stand in front of it<br />These few words are written on that stand,<br /><br />At the bottom of this mine lies one Hell of a man, Big John<br /><br />Big John<br />Big John<br />Big Bad John<br />Big John<br />Source(s):<br />Lyrics link<br /><br />http://www.lyricsdepot.com/jimmy-dean/bi…Peter Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02932925408386855040noreply@blogger.com