Big Rock Candy Mountain

(traditional)
One evenin' as the sun went down
And the jungle fires were burnin'
Down the track came a hobo hikin'
Said boys I am not turnin'
I'm headin' for a land that's far away
Beside the crystal fountain
I'll see you all this coming fall
In the big rock candy mountain

Oh, the buzzin' of the bees in the cigarette trees
By the soda water fountain
Near the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings
On the big rock candy mountain

In the big rock candy mountain
It's a land that's fair and bright
The handouts grow on bushes
And you sleep out every night
The boxcars all are empty
And the sun shines every day
I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow
Where the sleet don't fall and the winds don't blow
In the big rock candy mountain

(chorus)

In the big rock candy mountain
You never change your socks
Little streams of alcohol
Come trickling down the rocks
The shacks all have to tip their hats
And the railroad bulls are blind
There's a lake of stew and ginger ale, too
And you can paddle all around it in a big canoe
In the big rock candy mountain

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In the big rock candy mountain
The cops have wooden legs
The bulldogs all have rubber teeth
And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs
The boxcars all are empty
And the sun shines every day
I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow
Where the sleet don't fall and the winds don't blow
In the big rock candy mountain

(chorus)

In the big rock candy mountain
The jails are made of tin
And you can slip right out again
As soon as they put you in
They're ain't no short-handled shovels
No axes, saws nor picks
I'm bound to stay where you sleep all day
Where they hung the jerk that invented work
In the big rock candy mountain

(chorus)