One eve-ning as the sun went down
And the jung-le fires were bur-ning,
Down the track came a ho-bo hi-king,
And he said, "Boys, I'm not turning
I'm hea-ded for a land that's far a-way
Be-sides the crys-tal fount's
So come with me, we'll go and see
The Big Rock Can-dy Moun-tains
In the Big Rock Can-dy Moun-tains,
There's a land that's fair and bright,
Where the hand-outs grow on bush-es
And you sleep out eve-ry night.
Where the box-cars all are emp-ty
And the sun shines eve-ry day
And the birds and the bees
And the ci-ga-rette trees
The le-mo-nade springs
Where the blue-bird sings
In the Big Rock Can-dy Moun-tains.
In the
I'll see you all this co-ming fall
In the Big Rock Can-dy Moun-tains
Big Rock Can-dy Moun-tains
All the cops have woo-den legs
And the bull-dogs 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 winds don't blow
In the Big Rock Can-dy Moun-tains.
In the
Big Rock Can-dy Moun-tains
You never change your socks
And the little streams of al-cohol
Come trick-ling down the rocks
The brake-men have to tip their+hats
And the rail-way bulls are blind
There's a lake of stew
And of whis- key too
You can paddle all around it
In a big canoe
In the Big Rock Can-dy Moun-tains
In the
Big Rock Can-dy Moun-tains,
The jails are made of tin.
And you can walk right out a-gain,
As soon as you are in.
There ain't no short-handled sho-vels,
No a-xes, saws nor picks,
I am gon-na' stay
Where you sleep all day,
Where they hung the jerk
That in-ven-ted work
In the Big Rock Can-dy Moun-tains.
