[Verse]
Have you heard about the big strong man?
He lives 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 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.

[Chorus]
He 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, (He's got an arm!), like a leg, (Lady's 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,
Thought that he'd go by sea,
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,
And he walked all the way to Italy

[Chorus]
He 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, (He's got an arm!), like a leg, (Lady's 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,
Turned out the whole brass band,
Played every instrument they got,
Like a lad, sure he beat the whole lot.

Now the old church bells will ring, (Hell's bells!)
The old church choir will sing, (Hell's choir!)
They all turn out to say farewell,
To my big brother Sylvest.

[Chorus]
He was my brother Sylvest, (What's he got?)
A row of forty medals on his chest, (Big chest!)
He 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, (He's got an arm!), like a leg, (Lady's 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]
Takes all the army and the navy,
To put the wind up my Sylvest.