# WTF does "John Wayne Is Big Leggy" mean?

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**Created:** [January 22, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-does-john-wayne-is-big-leggy-mean/341120 "2006-01-22T17:16:50Z")\
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> [@Revtim](#):
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> > Crap song btw.
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> No argument there. I still embarrass my sister by bringing up the fact that she used to listen to that album so much.

There’s an even stranger version from Germany.

> [@Sink the Bismarck Song an Oddity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-the-bismarck-song-an-oddity/958765/31):
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> British pop duo Haysi Fantayzee praising John Wayne: [[Haysi Fantayzee - John Wayne Is Big Leggy (1982) HD 0815007] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoY8GEJigxs) And a German cover by Bienenstich: [[BIENENSTICH - John Wayne ist der Größte (John Wayne Is Big Leggy)] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwYCpGPC-y4)

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