Some early single releases used this original version with the spoken line “at the bottom of this mine lies one hell of a man.” Of course, it was the “a big, big man” replacement that we heard on the radio and on most of the commercial 45s: https://youtu.be/vN7YHC8xKn0 Also, some early label pressings simply showed “Big John” (as seen above), which was the same title as that of a Shirelles single which happened to enter the Hot 100 on the same week as the Jimmy Dean record. Released on mono 45rpm single Columbia 42175 - Big John (J. Dean) by Jimmy Dean ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1983. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBdfpBp6qA6WwTpFF0utT9A ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music! * The45Prof The78Prof AnotherProf