Big Jim - The Fivepenny Piece

Written by：Colin Radcliffe/Crotty/John Meeks

A famous scottish angling club arranged to hold a match

With five pounds offered as the prize to him with the best catch

Jock thompson said for catching fish good bait is what you need

And so he set to work at once big worms to try to breed

He fed his pets on powdered milk on baby food and whiskey

And as the great day grew near they grew quite fat and frisky

His favorite worm he called Big Jim he really was a picture

You'd have thought he'd crossed a conga eel with a bloody boa constrictor

Big Jim was a worm was a great big worm

Was a great big beautiful bloody red worm

Large and fat and just like a picture

Crossed with an eel and a boa constrictor

Fed him on whiskey which made him frisky

On pies and a pint or two

Big Jim was a worm was a great big worm

Was a great big beautiful bloody red worm

Well the day arrived the places drawn and so the fishing started

It was a sin to puncture Jim and jock was broken hearted

But that five pounds must be won he'd promised one to his daughter

And so the dirty deed was done and Jim thrown in the water

Big Jim was a worm was a great big worm

Was a great big beautiful bloody red worm

Large and fat and just like a picture

Crossed with an eel and a boa constrictor

Fed him on whiskey which made him frisky

On pies and a pint or two

Big Jim was a worm was a great big worm

Was a great big beautiful bloody red worm

Some caught roach and some caught bream and some caught rainbow trout

Some caught eels and one caught seals but most of them caught nowt

But jock he waited patiently to give Jim chance to work

And in a while his float did sink and give the rod a jerk

Well the fight went on for hours and hours jock could na quench his thirst

But Big Jim being the worm he were that fish surrendered first

And then the judge came running up and with him brought his scales

He saw the fish he said chuck it back we're no accepting whales

Big Jim was a worm was a great big worm

Was a great big beautiful bloody red worm

Large and fat and just like a picture

Crossed with an eel and a boa constrictor

Fed him on whiskey which made him frisky

On pies and a pint or two

Big Jim was a worm was a great big worm

Big Jim was a worm was a great big worm

Big Jim was a worm was a great big worm

Was a great big beautiful bloody red worm