In the town of Louisville they got a man called Big Bad Bill
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I want to tell you he sure was tough
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Yeah all folks scared to death when he walked by they held their breath
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He was a mighty man sure enough
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Now Bill took himself a wife now he's a different guy
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Big Bad Bill is Sweet William now
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Married life has changed him somehow
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Yet he's not the man they used to fear
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Now the people call him Sweet Papa Willie Dear
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Stronger than Sampson I'll declare and he's bound in mama comb his hair
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Big Bad Bill don't fight anymore wash his dishes and he might sweep the floor
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Yeah he used to spend his evenings a lookin' for a fight
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But now he gotta see his mama every night
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Big Bad Bill is Sweet William now
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[ guitar - dixieland ]
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Yeah he used to spend his evenings...
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Big Bad Bill (is Sweet Williams Now)
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| Merle Haggard |
