Big Rock Candy Mountain Lyrics – The Best Free PDF

Kids’ version

This is a popular version for children by Susie Tallman included in her album Children’s Songs, A Collection of Childhood Favorites from 2011.

1. One evening as the sun went down
   And the jungle fire was burning
   Down the track in a hobo jack
   And he said, “Boys, I’m not turning
   I’m headed for a land that’s far away
   Beside the crystal fountain
   So come with me, we’ll go and see
   The Big Rock Candy Mountains.

Chorus:
Oh the buzzin’ of the bees in the peppermint trees
The soda water fountain
Where the lemonade springs and the bluebird sings
In that Big Rock Candy Mountains.

2. In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
   There’s a land that’s fair and bright
   Where candy grows on bushes
   And you sleep out every night
   Where love is all around you
   And the sun shines every day
   And the birds and the bees
   And the peppermint trees
   The lemonade springs
   Where the bluebird sings
   In the Big Rock Candy Mountains.

Chorus:
Oh the buzzin’ of the bees in the peppermint trees
The soda water fountain
Where the lemonade springs and the bluebird sings
In that Big Rock Candy Mountains.

3. In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
   All the cops have wooden legs
   And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth
   And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs
   The farmers’ trees are full of fruit
   And the barns are full of hay
   Oh I’m bound to go
   Where there ain’t no snow
   Where the rain don’t fall
   And the winds don’t blow
   In the Big Rock Candy Mountains.

Chorus:
Oh the buzzin’ of the bees in the peppermint trees
The soda water fountain
Where the lemonade springs and the bluebird sings
In that Big Rock Candy Mountains.

4. In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
   There’s a land that’s fair and bright
   Where the handouts grow on bushes
   And you sleep out every night
   Where love is all around you
   And the sun shines every day
   And the birds and the bees
   And the cigarette trees
   The lemonade springs
   Where the bluebird sings
   In the Big Rock Candy Mountains.

SIng-along Video (Kids’ Version by Susie Tallman)

Original Lyrics by Harry McClintock

Here are the original lyrics as sung and recorded by Harry McClintock in 1928:

1. One evening as the sun went down
   And the jungle fire was burning,
   Down the track came a hobo hiking,
   And he said, “Boys, I’m not turning
   I’m headed for a land that’s far away
   Besides the crystal fountains
   So come with me, we’ll go and see
   The Big Rock Candy Mountains

2. In the Big Rock Candy Mountains,
   There’s a land that’s fair and bright,
   Where the handouts grow on bushes
   And you sleep out every night
   Where the boxcars all are empty
   And the sun shines every day
   On the birds and the bees
   And the cigarette trees
   The lemonade springs
   Where the bluebird sings
   In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

3. In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
   All the cops have wooden legs
   And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth
   And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs
   The farmers’ trees are full of fruit
   And the barns are full of hay
   Oh I’m bound to go
   Where there ain’t no snow
   Where the rain don’t fall
   The wind don’t blow
   In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

4. In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
   You never change your socks
   And the little streams of alcohol
   Come trickling down the rocks
   The brakemen have to tip their hats
   And the railroad bulls are blind
   There’s a lake of stew
   And of whiskey, too
   You can paddle all around ’em
   In a big canoe
   In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

5. In the Big Rock Candy Mountains,
   The jails are made of tin
   And you can walk right out again,
   As soon as you are in
   There ain’t no short-handled shovels,
   No axes, saws or picks,
   I’ma goin’ to stay
   Where you sleep all day,
   Where they hung the Turk
   That invented work
   In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
   
6. I’ll see you all this coming Fall
   In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

Animated Sing-along Video (Harry McClintock’s Original Song)

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