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'''''The Big Rock Candy Mountain''''' is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music bluegrass] song written by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_McClintock Harry McClintock] about a mythical hobo's paradise. It was made the Principality's official state anthem on 27 Merlonon when [[Law:Royal Decree 00033|Royal Decree 00033]] was promulgated.
'''''The Big Rock Candy Mountain''''' is a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluegrass_music bluegrass] song written by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_McClintock Harry McClintock] about a mythical hobo's paradise. It was made the Principality's official state anthem on 27 Merlonon when [[Law:Royal Decree 00033|Royal Decree 00033]] was promulgated.
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! colspan="2" |Lyrics
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|style="text-align:center;|'''Full lyrics'''
|style="text-align:center;|'''Abridged lyrics'''
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''One evening as the sun went down''<br>
''And the jungle fire was burning''<br>
''Down the track came a hobo hikin''<br>
''And he said, "Boys, I'm not turning''<br>
''I'm headed for a land that's far away''<br>
''Beside the crystal fountains''<br>
''So come with me, we'll go and see''<br>
''The Big Rock Candy Mountains"''<br>
''In the Big Rock Candy Mountains''<br>
''There's a land that's fair and bright''<br>
''Where the handouts grow on bushes''<br>
''And you sleep out every night''<br>
''Where the boxcars all are empty''<br>
''And the sun shines every day''<br>
''On the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees''<br>
''The lemonade springs where the bluebird sings''<br>
''In the Big Rock Candy Mountains''<br>
''In the Big Rock Candy Mountains''<br>
''All the cops have wooden legs''<br>
''And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth''<br>
''And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs''<br>
''The farmers' trees are full of fruit''<br>
''And the barns are full of hay''<br>
''Oh, I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow''<br>
''Where the rain don't fall, the wind don't blow''<br>
''In the Big Rock Candy Mountains''<br>
''In the Big Rock Candy Mountains''<br>
''You never change your socks''<br>
''And the little streams of alcohol''<br>
''Come trickling down the rocks''<br>
''The brakemen have to tip their hats''<br>
''And the railroad bulls are blind''<br>
''There's a lake of stew and of whiskey too''<br>
''You can paddle all around them in a big canoe''<br>
''In the Big Rock Candy Mountains''<br>
''In the Big Rock Candy Mountains''<br>
''The jails are made of tin''<br>
''And you can walk right out again''<br>
''As soon as you are in''<br>
''There ain't no short-handled shovels''<br>
''No axes, saws, or picks''<br>
''I'm a-going to stay where you sleep all day''<br>
''Where they hung the Turk that invented work''<br>
''In the Big Rock Candy Mountains''<br>
''I'll see you all this coming fall''<br>
''In the Big Rock Candy Mountains''
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''One evening as the sun went down''<br>
''And the jungle fire was burning''<br>
''Down the track came a hobo hikin''<br>
''And he said, "Boys, I'm not turning''<br>
''I'm headed for a land that's far away''<br>
''Beside the crystal fountains''<br>
''So come with me, we'll go and see''<br>
''The Big Rock Candy Mountains"''<br>
''In the Big Rock Candy Mountains''<br>
''There's a land that's fair and bright''<br>
''Where the handouts grow on bushes''<br>
''And you sleep out every night''<br>
''Where the boxcars all are empty''<br>
''And the sun shines every day''<br>
''On the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees''<br>
''The lemonade springs where the bluebird sings''<br>
''In the Big Rock Candy Mountains''<br>
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Revision as of 17:47, 29 April 2025

The Big Rock Candy Mountain is a bluegrass song written by Harry McClintock about a mythical hobo's paradise. It was made the Principality's official state anthem on 27 Merlonon when Royal Decree 00033 was promulgated.

Lyrics
Full lyrics Abridged lyrics

One evening as the sun went down
And the jungle fire was burning
Down the track came a hobo hikin
And he said, "Boys, I'm not turning
I'm headed for a land that's far away
Beside the crystal fountains
So come with me, we'll go and see
The Big Rock Candy Mountains"

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
There's a land that's fair and bright
Where the handouts grow on bushes
And you sleep out every night
Where the boxcars all are empty
And the sun shines every day
On the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees
The lemonade springs where the bluebird sings
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
All the cops have wooden legs
And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth
And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs
The farmers' trees are full of fruit
And the barns are full of hay
Oh, I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow
Where the rain don't fall, the wind don't blow
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
You never change your socks
And the little streams of alcohol
Come trickling down the rocks
The brakemen have to tip their hats
And the railroad bulls are blind
There's a lake of stew and of whiskey too
You can paddle all around them in a big canoe
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
The jails are made of tin
And you can walk right out again
As soon as you are in
There ain't no short-handled shovels
No axes, saws, or picks
I'm a-going to stay where you sleep all day
Where they hung the Turk that invented work
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

I'll see you all this coming fall
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

One evening as the sun went down
And the jungle fire was burning
Down the track came a hobo hikin
And he said, "Boys, I'm not turning
I'm headed for a land that's far away
Beside the crystal fountains
So come with me, we'll go and see
The Big Rock Candy Mountains"

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
There's a land that's fair and bright
Where the handouts grow on bushes
And you sleep out every night
Where the boxcars all are empty
And the sun shines every day
On the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees
The lemonade springs where the bluebird sings
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains