Well, way down yon-der in Louis-ville_
Lived a cat named Big Bad Bill
I wants to tell you_
Ah, the cat was rough and tough_ he could strut his staff_
Had the whole_ town scared to death_
When he walked by, they all held their breath
He's a fight-in' man, sure e-nough_
And then Bill_ got him-self a wife_ , now he leads a diffe-rent life_
Big Bad Bill is Sweet Willi-am now_
Marri-ed life done changed him_ some-how_
He's the man the town_ used to fear
Now they all call him Sweet Pa-pa Will-y Dear_
Strong-er than Sam-son I_ dec-lare_
'Til a brown-skin wo-man's bobbed his hair
Big Bad Bill don't fight a-ny-more_ no, no, no_
doin' the dish-es mop-pin' up that floor_ (yes he is)
Well he used to go out drink-in' look-in' for a fight
Now he got-ta see that Sweet wo-man eve-ry night_
Big Bad Bill is Sweet Willi-am now_
Aw, play it boys
Aw, yeah
Who
(I likes that, yeah,
Ah, well, big Bad Bill don't fight a-ny-more_ no, he don't_
He's doin' the dish-es mop-pin' up that floor (yes he is)
Well he used to go out drink-in' look in' for a fight
Now he got-ta see that Sweet wo-man eve-ry night_
Big Bad Bill is Sweet Willi-am now (doin' the dish-es)
Big Bad Bill is Sweet Willi-am now_ (moppin' up that floor!)
Big Bad Bill is Sweet Willi-am now
Jah! Yeah!
