Big River (Jimmy Nail song) Big River (Jimmy Nail song) "Big River" is a song written and performed by Jimmy Nail and released on the album "Big River". It was released as a single in 1995. In 2011, it was recorded by Joe McElderry for the DVD, "Big River Big Songs: The Tyne". McElderry also performed it for "Sunday for Sammy" in 2012. The big river referred to in the title is the River Tyne that runs through Nail's home town, Newcastle upon Tyne. The song is an elegy to the days when shipbuilding and industry in general were at their height in Newcastle and
Big River (Missouri) to most of these dams, and are popular fishing spots. Due to steady infeed of springwater, this river is navigable in all seasons. Major pollution sources near Park Hills are due to historic mining activities, which including erosion from mine tailings piles and leaking mine dams. Major gamefish commonly found in the river include largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, spotted bass, rock bass, longear sunfish, bluegill, channel catfish, flathead catfish, and redhorse suckers. The name "Big River" is a translation of the French "Grande Rivière". According to the National Weather Service, the maximum flood stage of the Big River at Byrnesville