have you heard about the big strong man he lived in a caravan have you heard about the jeffries johnson fight oh what a hell of a fight you can take all the heavyweights you got we ve got a lad who will beat the whole lot he used to ring the bells in the belfry now he s gonna fight jack dempsey he was my brother sylvest a row of forty medals on his chest big chest killed fifty badmen in the west he knows no rest bigger the man hell s 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 takes all the army and the navy to put the wind up sylvest well he thought he d take a trip to italy and he thought that he d go by sea he jumped off the harbour in new york and he swam like a man made of cork he saw the lusitania in distress he put the lusitania on his chest big chest drank all the water in the sea and he walked all the way to italy that was my brother sylvest a row of forty medals on his chest big chest killed fifty badmen in the west he knows no rest bigger the man hell s fire don t push just shove plenty of room for you and me well he thought he d take a trip to old japan and 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 the old church choir will sing they all turned out to say farewell to my big brother sylvest  that was my brother sylvest a row of forty medals on his chest big chest killed fifty badmen in the west he knows no rest bigger the man hell s 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 takes all the army and the navy to put the wind up sylvest