LYRIC

BIG BAD MOISH- Country Yossi- Wanted!
(Originally Big Bad John- Jimmy Dean- Composed By Jimmy Dean & Roy Acuff)

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Every mornin’ in the Shteeble you could see him arrive
He stood six foot six ‘n weighed 245
Kind of broad at the gartel and hairy at the lip
And everybody knew you didn’t pull any shtick…
With Big Moish.
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CHORUS:
Big Moish, big Moish, big Moish,
Big bad Moish. Big Moish.
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No one seemed to know where Moish called home
He just drifted into Shul and davened alone
Didn’t say much, just Amen here and there
And if you said Shalom, he’d pretend not to hear…
Big Moish.
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Some people said he lived in Boro Park
Where he liked to roam the streets after dark
And he once got jumped by 3 vilde ferd
But they all ended up teef in drerd…
Big Moish.
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CHORUS:
Big Moish, big Moish, big Moish,
Big bad Moish. Big Moish.
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And then one day, a Yahrtzeit candle tipped over
‘N the Shul caught fire and men ran for cover
But the smoke was thick and the flames spread fast
And everybody thought they’d breath their last…
Except Moish.
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Through the smoke and the flames of that burnin’ Shul
Came a giant of a man that the Minyan knew well
Picked up 3 old men, let out with a groan
And like a mighty oak tree, he just stood there alone…
Big Moish.
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CHORUS:
Big Moish, big Moish, big Moish,
Big bad Moish. Big Moish.
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Then he carried them out and he ran back in
Like a man possessed, again and again
Till he saved 20 men from there would be grave
And now there’s only one Sefer Torah to save for Big Moish.
Through the ragin’ flames, he rushed once more
Grabbed the burnin’ Torah and ran for the door
But then that Shul exploded like some heavenly sign
And everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big Moish.
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CHORUS:
Big Moish, big Moish, big Moish,
Big bad Moish. Big Moish.
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Well, now the Shul’s rebuilt and all the people are back
But on the spot where prayed stands a marble plaque
These few words are written on that stand
This Shul was built in memory of a big, big man…
Big Moish.
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CHORUS:
Big Moish, big Moish, big Moish,
Big bad Moish. Big Moish.
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