[Verse]
Have you heard about the big strong man?
Well, he lives in a caravan,
Have you heard about the Jeffies-Johnsons fight?
Well, oh, what a hell of a fight.

You can take all the heavyweights you got,
We got a lad that could beat the whole lot,
He used to beat the bells in the belfry,
Now he's gonna fight, Jack Dempsey.

[Chorus]
Was my brother Sylvest, (What's he got?)
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.

[Verse]
Well, he thought he'd take a trip to Italy,
Well, 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.

Well, he saw the Lusitania in distress, (What'd he do?)
Put the Lusitania on his chest, (Big chest!)
Drank all the water in the sea,
Then he walked all the way to Italy

[Chorus]
That was my brother Sylvest, (What's he got?)
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.

[Verse]
Well, he thought he'd take a trip to old Japan,
Well, they brought out the whole brass band,
He played every instrument they got,
Sure, like a lad, sure he played the whole lot.

Now the old church bells will sing, (Hell's bells!)
Old church choir will sing, (Hell's fire!)
All turn out to say farewell,
To my big brother Sylvest.

[Chorus]
That was my brother Sylvest, (What's he got?)
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.

[Outro]
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.