BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN.

1) 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 won't need any money. [chorus] 

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CHORUS:

 Oh the buzzin' of the bees 

In the peppermint trees 

Near the soda water fountain! 

At the lemonade springs 

Where the bluebird sings 

On the big rock candy mountain! 

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2) There's a lake of gin 

We can both jump in 

And the handouts grow on bushes. 

In the new-mown hay 

We can sleep all day 

And the bars all have free lunches. 

Where the mail train stops 

And there ain't no cops 

And the folks are tender-hearted. 

Where you never change your socks 

And you never throw rocks 

And your hair is never parted. [chorus]

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3) Oh, a farmer and his son, 

They were on the run 

To the hay field they were bounding 

Said the bum to the son, 

"Why don't you come 

To that big rock candy mountain?" 

So the very next day 

They hiked away, 

The mileposts they were counting 

But they never arrived 

At the lemonade tide 

On the big rock candy mountain! [chorus] 

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