Big Rock Candy Mountain

Big Rock Candy Mountain - The Highwaymen

On a summer day in the month of May

A burly bum came hiking

Down a shady lane through the sugar cane

He was looking for his liking as he roamed along

He sang a song of the land of milk and honey

Where a bum can stay for many a day

And he don't need any money

Oh the buzzing of the bees in the cigarette trees

The soda water fountain

Where the lemonade springs and the bluebird sings

On the big rock candy mountain

There's a lake of gin we can both jump in

And the handouts grow on bushes

In the new Monday you can sleep all day

And the bars all serve free lunches

Where the mail train stops and there ain't no cops

And the folks are tender hearted

Where you never sew rocks and you never wear socks

Your hair is never parted

Oh the buzzing of the bees in the cigarette trees

The soda water fountain

Where the lemonade springs and the bluebird sings

On the big rock candy mountain

Oh a farmer and his son they were on the run

To the hay field they were bounding

Said the bum to the sun why don't you come

To that big rock candy mountain

So the very next day they hiked away

The mile post they kept counting

But they never arrived at the lemonade tide

On the big rock candy mountain

Oh the buzzing of the bees in the cigarette trees

The soda water fountain

Where the lemonade springs and the bluebird sings

On the big rock candy mountain

Big rock candy mountain