O Brother, Where Art Thou? movie - In the Big Rock Candy Mountains lyrics

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Song by Harry McClintock<br /><br>

One evening as the sun went down<br>

And the jungle fires were burning,<br>

Down the track came a hobo hiking,<br>

And he said, "Boys, I'm not turning<br>

I'm headed for a land that's far away<br>

Besides the crystal fountains<br>

So come with me, we'll go and see<br>

The Big Rock Candy Mountains<br>

<br>

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains,<br>

There's a land that's fair and bright,<br>

Where the handouts grow on bushes<br>

And you sleep out every night.<br>

Where the boxcars all are empty<br>

And the sun shines every day<br>

And the birds and the bees<br>

And the cigarette trees<br>

The lemonade springs<br>

Where the bluebird sings<br>

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains.<br>

<br>

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains<br>

All the cops have wooden legs<br>

And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth<br>

And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs<br>

The farmers' trees are full of fruit<br>

And the barns are full of hay <br>

Oh I'm bound to go<br>

Where there ain't no snow<br>

Where the rain don't fall<br>

The winds don't blow<br>

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains.<br>

<br>

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains<br>

You never change your socks<br>

And the little streams of alcohol<br>

Come trickling down the rocks<br>

The brakemen have to tip their hats <br>

And the railway bulls are blind<br>

There's a lake of stew<br>

And of whiskey too<br>

You can paddle all around it<br>

In a big canoe<br>

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains<br>

<br>

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains,<br>

The jails are made of tin.<br>

And you can walk right out again,<br>

As soon as you are in.<br>

There ain't no short-handled shovels,<br>

No axes, saws nor picks,<br>

I'm bound to stay<br>

Where you sleep all day,<br>

Where they hung the jerk<br>

That invented work<br>

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains.<br>

....<br>

I'll see you all this coming fall<br>

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains<br>

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