Cat. #1228 (MFH #833) - As sung by Glenda Sue Richardson, Mountain View, Arkansas on August 31, 1971
VERSE 1
Down th road one day, in th month of May
A burly bum come hiking
And as he came thru th sugar cane
He was lookin' for his likin'
As he walked along, he sang a song
An' th name was milk an' honey
Where bums can stay for many a day
An' you don't need any money
VERSE 2
O, th birds an' th bees an' cigarette trees
An' th soda water fountain
By th lemonade springs, where th bluebird sing
In th big rock candy mountain
VERSE 3
O, I'm going to go, where there ain't no snow
Where th rain don't fall an' th wind don't blow
In th big rock candy mountain
VERSE 4
O, --- --- came a farmer an' his son
To th hay fields they were boundin'
Why don't you come, said th bum to th son
To th big rock candy mountain
VERSE 5
O, they walked a many a day
They were lookin' for th fountain
But they never arrived at th lemonade tide
In th big rock candy mountain