Merle Haggard - Big Bad Bill lyrics

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(Jack Yellen - Milton Ager)

In the town of Louisville they got a man called Big Bad Bill

I want to tell you he sure was tough

Yeah all folks scared to death when he walked by they held their breath

He was a mighty man sure enough.

Now Bill took himself a wife now he's a different guy

Big Bad Bill is Sweet William now

Married life has changed him somehow

Yet he's not the man they used to fear

Now the people call him Sweet Papa Willie Dear.

Stronger than Sampson I'll declare

And he's bound in mama comb his hair

Big Bad Bill don't fight anymore

Wash his dishes and he might sweep the floor.

Yeah, he used to spend his evenings

A lookin' for a fight

But now he gotta see his mama every night

Big Bad Bill is Sweet William now.

--- Instrumental ---

Yeah, he used to spend his evenings

A lookin' for a fight

But now he gotta see his mama every night

Big Bad Bill is Sweet William now...