Big John

Heading upward on the hit parade is a new record, PT 109, by Cowboy Crooner Jimmy Dean, setting to doggerel the wartime exploits of President Kennedy and sung in the manner of Big Bad John. Sample lyrics: In '43 they put to sea, 13 men and

Kennedy Aboard the PT 100, to fight the brazen

enemy.

And off the isle of Olasana In the strait beyond Naru, A Jap destroyer in the night cut the 109 in two.

Smoke and fire upon the sea, Everywhere they looked was the enemy. The heathen gods of old Japan, Yeah, they thought they had the best of a mighty good man.

McMahon, the Irishman, was burned

so badly he couldn't swim. "Leave me here, go on," he said,

" 'Cause if you don't we'll all be

dead." The PT skipper couldn't leave him,

a man to die alone at sea, And with a strap between his teeth he

towed the Irishman through the sea.

He led his men through waters dark,

rocky reefs and hungry sharks.

To brave the enemy's bayonets,

a .38 hung 'round his neck.

Four more days and four more nights,

a rescue boat pulled into sight.

The PT iog was gone, but Kennedy

and his crew lived on.

Now who could guess or who could

possibly know that this same man

named Kennedy Would be the leader of the nation,

be the one to take command.

The PT 109 was gone, but Kennedy

lived to fight again . . .

Smoke and fire upon the sea, Everywhere they looked was the enemy.

But J.F.K. and his crew lived on Which proves it's hard to get the best of a man named John.

Big John,

Big John,

Big John.

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