John L. Sullivan

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New gold watch and derby hat

New silk suit and bloody hands

People stare when he walks by

No one looks him in the eye

But all the kids flocked to shake

The right hand that made him great

And that is why to this day

People always say

Did he meet the man

Did he shake his hand

Then let me shake the hand that shook

The hand that shook the hand

Of John L Sullivan

Then let me shake the hand that shook

The hand that shook the hand

Of John L Sullivan

He went down to Baltimore

He went down to settle a score

People cheered when he took the mat

Knocked him out in twenty seconds flat

And children came from far and near

And talked about it for years

And that is why to this day

People always say

Did he meet the man

Did he shake his hand

Then let me shake the hand that shook

The hand that shook the hand

Of John L Sullivan

Then let me shake the hand that shook

The hand that shook the hand

That shook the hand

That shook the hand

That shook the hand

That shook the hand

Of John L Sullivan