BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAINS
Harry McClintock

By graciedoubleyew@yahoo.com

INTRO:

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     One     evening   as  the  sun went down and the jungle   fires were  burning

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  Down the track came a hobo   hiking     and  he  said, "Boys, I'm not   turning,

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     I'm headed for a land that's far   away,   besides   the     crystal  fountains

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       So  come  with  me, we'll  go and  see   the  big rock    candy   mountains

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        In    the  big rock   candy    mountains,  there's a land that's fair and bright
        In    the  big rock   candy    mountains,  all  the  cops have  wood-en   legs
        In    the  big rock   candy    mountains,      you   never  change your socks
        In    the  big rock   candy    mountains,      the jails are  made  of  tin
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     Where the  handouts  grow on    bushes,  and  you  sleep out    every   night
      And  the   bulldogs   all have  rubber teeth, and the hens lay soft-boil'd eggs
     And  the   little   streams of    alcohol    come a-tricklin' down the rocks
            And  you can   walk right out  of  them  as   soon  as  you   are  in

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      Where the  boxcars   all are     empty,   and the  sun shines  every    day
            The  farmers' trees are full of fruit, and the barns are full of hay
            The  brakemen   have to  tip their hats and the railroad bulls are blind,
           There ain't no  short-handled   shovels,  no     axes,    saws, or picks
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     All the birds and the bees  and the cigarette trees,     the  lemonade  springs
        I'm-a    bound to  go where there ain't no  snow,      the rain don't fall,
      There's a lake of   stew,  and  of   whiskey  too,  you can paddle all around 'em
        I'm-a   goin'  to stay where they sleep all day, where they hung  the jerk


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      Where the   bluebird sings    in the   big  rock   candy   mountains."
      The         wind don't blow   in the   big  rock   candy   mountains."
       In    a     big  canoe       in the   big  rock   candy   mountains."
      That    invented      work    in the   big  rock   candy   mountains."

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      "I'll see  you  all      this  coming  fall    in  the   big  rock  candy   mountains."