[Verse 1] One evening as the sun went down And the jungle fires were burning Down the track came a hobo hiking He said, "Boys, I'm not turning I'm headed for a land that's far away Beside that crystal fountain I'lll see you all this coming fall In the Big Rock Candy Mountains [Verse 2] In the Big Rock Candy Mountains It's a land that's fair and bright Handouts grow on bushes And you sleep out every night The boxcars all are empty The sun shines every day I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow Where the sleet don't fall, and the wind don't blow In the Big Rock Candy Mountains [Chorus] Oh, the buzzin' of the bees And the cigarette trees By the soda water fountain By the lemonade springs Where the bluebird sings In the Big Rock Candy Mountain [Verse 3] In the Big Rock Candy Mountains You never change your socks Little streams of alcohol Come trickling down the rocks Oh, the shacks all have to tip their hats The railroad bulls are blind There's a lake of stew and ginger ale, too You can paddle all around it in a big canoe In the Big Rock Candy Mountains [Chorus] Oh, the buzzin' of the bees And the cigarette trees By the soda water fountain By the lemonade springs Where the bluebird sings In the Big Rock Candy Mountain [Verse 4] In the Big Rock Candy Mountains The cops have wooden legs The bulldogs all have rubber teeth And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs The boxcars all are empty The sun shines every day I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow Where the sleet don't fall, and the wind don't blow In the Big Rock Candy Mountains [Chorus] Oh, the buzzin' of the bees And the cigarette trees By the soda water fountain By the lemonade springs Where the bluebird sings In the Big Rock Candy Mountain [Verse 5] In the Big Rock Candy Mountains The jails are made of tin You can slip right out again As soon as they put you in There ain't no short-handled shovels No axes, saws nor picks I'm bound to stay where you sleep all day Where they hung the jerk that invented work In the Big Rock Candy Mountains [Chorus] Oh, the buzzin' of the bees And the cigarette trees By the soda water fountain By the lemonade springs Where the bluebird sings In the Big Rock Candy Mountain