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Big Rock Candy Mountain
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Oh the buzzin' of the bees in the cigarette trees
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The soda water fountain where the lemonade springs
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And the bluebird sings in that Big Rock Candy Mountain
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On a summer day
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In the month of May
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A burly bum came ahiking
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Down a shady lane
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Through the sugar cane
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He was looking for his liking
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As he strolled along
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He sang a song
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Of the land of milk and honey
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Where a bum can stay
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For many a day
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And he won't need any money
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Oh the buzzin' of the bees in the cigarette trees
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The soda water fountain where the lemonade springs
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And the bluebird sings in that Big Rock Candy Mountain
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In the Big Rock Candy Mountain
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The cops have wooden legs
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The bulldogs all have rubber teeth
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And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs
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The farmers' trees are full of fruit
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The barns are full of hay
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I want to go where there ain't no snow
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Where the sleet don't fall and the wind don't blow
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In that Big Rock Candy Mountain
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There's a lake of gin
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We can both jump in
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And the handouts grow on bushes
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In the new-mown hay
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We can sleep all day
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And the bars all have free lunches
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Where the mail train stops
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And there ain't no cops
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And the folks are tender-hearted
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Where you never change your socks
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And you never throw rocks
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And your hair is never parted
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Oh the buzzin' of the bees in the cigarette trees
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The soda water fountain where the lemonade springs
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And the bluebird sings in that Big Rock Candy Mountain
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Oh, a farmer and his son,
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They were on the run
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To the hay field they were bounding
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Said the bum to the son,
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"Why don't you come
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To that big rock candy mountain?"
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So the very next day
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They hiked away,
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The mileposts they were counting
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But they never arrived
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At the lemonade tide
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On the big rock candy mountain
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Oh the buzzin' of the bees in the cigarette trees
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The soda water fountain where the lemonade springs
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And the bluebird sings in that Big Rock Candy Mountain
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1. One evening as the sun went down
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And the jungle fires were burning,
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Down the track came a hobo hiking,
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He said, "Boys, I'm not turning
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I'm heading for a land that's far away
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Beside the crystal fountain
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I'll see you all this coming fall
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In the Big Rock Candy Mountain
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Chorus:
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In the Big Rock Candy Mountain,
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It's a land that's fair and bright,
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The handouts grow on bushes
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And you sleep out every night.
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The boxcars all are empty
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And the sun shines every day
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I'm bound to go
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Where there ain't no snow
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Where the sleet don't fall
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And the winds don't blow
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In the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
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Chorus:
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3. In the Big Rock Candy Mountain
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You never change your socks
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And little streams of alkyhol
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Come trickling down the rocks
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O the shacks all have to tip their hats
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And the railway bulls are blind
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There's a lake of stew
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And ginger ale too
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And you can paddle
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All around it in a big canoe
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In the Big Rock Candy Mountain
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Oh the buzzin' of the bees in the cigarette trees
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The soda water fountain where the lemonade springs
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And the bluebird sings in that Big Rock Candy Mountain
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In the Big Rock Candy Mountain
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The cops have wooden legs
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The bulldogs all have rubber teeth
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And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs
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The box-cars all are empty
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And the sun shines every day
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I'm bound to go
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Where there ain't no snow
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Where the sleet don't fall
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And the winds don't blow
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In the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
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Oh the buzzin' of the bees in the cigarette trees
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The soda water fountain where the lemonade springs
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And the bluebird sings in that Big Rock Candy Mountain
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In the Big Rock Candy Mountain,
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The jails are made of tin.
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You can slip right out again,
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As soon as they put you in.
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There ain't no short-handled shovels,
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No axes, saws nor picks,
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I'm bound to stay
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Where you sleep all day,
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Where they hung the jerk
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That invented work
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In the Big Rock Candy Mountain.
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Chorus:
The Big Rock Candy Mountain
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