[00:06.04]One evening as the sun went down[00:08.90]And the jungle fires were burning,[00:11.86]Down the track came a hobo hiking,[00:14.24]And he said, "Boys, I'm not turning[00:16.11]I'm headed for a land that's far away[00:19.61]Besides the crystal fountains[00:21.93]So come with me, we'll go and see[00:25.95]The Big Rock Candy Mountains[00:27.34]In the Big Rock Candy Mountains,[00:29.80]There's a land that's fair and bright,[00:33.52]Where the handouts grow on bushes[00:35.99]And you sleep out every night.[00:38.38]Where the boxcars all are empty[00:40.41]And the sun shines every day[00:42.65]And the birds and the bees[00:45.56]And the cigarette trees[00:46.80]The lemonade springs[00:47.98]Where the bluebird sings[00:49.49]In the Big Rock Candy Mountains.[00:50.99]In the Big Rock Candy Mountains[00:54.42]All the cops have wooden legs[00:58.03]And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth[00:59.71]And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs[01:02.78]The farmers' trees are full of fruit[01:05.15]And the barns are full of hay[01:08.22]Oh I'm bound to go[01:09.45]Where there ain't no snow[01:10.77]Where the rain don't fall[01:12.11]The winds don't blow[01:13.24]In the Big Rock Candy Mountains.[01:14.71]In the Big Rock Candy Mountains[01:18.54]You never change your socks[01:20.77]And the little streams of alcohol[01:23.37]Come trickling down the rocks[01:25.47]The brakemen have to tip their hats[01:28.82]And the railway bulls are blind[01:30.72]There's a lake of stew[01:33.06]And of whiskey too[01:34.30]You can paddle all around it[01:35.77]In a big canoe[01:36.80]In the Big Rock Candy Mountains[01:38.17]In the Big Rock Candy Mountains,[01:42.38]The jails are made of tin.[01:44.86]And you can walk right out again,[01:46.81]As soon as you are in.[01:49.03]There ain't no short-handled shovels,[01:51.89]No axes, saws nor picks,[01:54.41]I'm bound to stay[01:56.11]Where you sleep all day,[01:57.43]Where they hung the jerk[01:58.74]That invented work[01:59.85]In the Big Rock Candy Mountains.