title: The Big Rock Candy Mountain2key: Childrenharp type: Chromaticgenre: Cskill: BeginnerBy: Harry K. McClintockBurl IvesKey: C2 -2 3 3 -2 2 -2 3 3 -2On a sum-mer day in the month of May2-2 3 3 -1 -2 2 1A bur-ly bum came hik-ing2 -2 3 3 -2 2 -2 3 3 -2Down a shad-y lane thru the sug-ar cane2 -2 3 3 -1 -2 2 1He was look-ing for his lik-ing2 2 -1 -1 -2 -1 2 -2 3As he roamed a-long he sang a song2 2 -1 2 -2 -1 2 3Of the land of milk and hon-ey2 -2 3 3 -2 2-2 3 3 -2Where a bum can stay for man-y’a day2 -2 3 3 -1-2 2 1And he won’t need an-y mon-ey3 -2 2 2 2 2 2Oh the buzz-in’ of the bees3 3 1 1 1 1in the cig-ar-ette trees3 3 -3 -3 4 -3 -3 3Near the so-da wa-ter foun-tain3 3 -2 -2 -2 -2At the lem-on-ade springs3 -2 2 2 2where the blue-bird sings2 -2 3 3 -1 -2 2 1In the big rock can-dy moun-tainThere’s a lake of gin we can both jump inAnd the handouts grow on bushesIn the new-mown hay we can sleep all dayAnd the bars all have free lunchesWhere the mail train stopsand there ain’t no copsAnd the folks are tender-heartedWhere you never change your socksand you never throw rocksAnd your hair is never partedOh the buzzin’ of the beesin the cigarette treesNear the soda water fountainAt the lemonade springswhere the bluebird singsOn the big rock candy mountainOh, a farmer and his son,they were on the runTo the hay field they were boundingSaid the bum to the son,“Why don’t you comeTo that big rock candy mountain?”So the very next day they hiked away,The mileposts they were countingBut they never arrived at the lemonade tideOn the big rock candy mountainOh the buzzin’ of the beesin the cigarette treesNear the soda water fountainAt the lemonade springswhere the bluebird singsOn the big rock candy mountain