Big Rock Candy Mountain Lyrics
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