Coming up this Saturday ... Jim Gleason's Little People - Part 2
Songs:Big Rock Candy Mountain (2851)
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BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN Traditional, arranged by Joel Mabus [spoken] Man comes in this life naked and bare He walks through this world with troubles and care When he departs, we don’t know where But he’ll be alright there if he does right here There’s a big rock candy mountain in a land that’s fair and bright The handouts grow on bushes and you can sleep out every night The boxcars all run empty and the railroad bulls are blind Oh, I’m bound to go where there ain’t no snow Where the rain don’t fall and the wind don’t blow Up the big rock candy mountain Oh, the buzzing of the bees in the cigarette trees, And the soda water fountains The lemonade springs where the bluebird sings Up the big rock candy mountain Up the big rock candy mountain, the cops have wooden legs The bulldogs all have rubber teeth, & the hens lay hard boiled eggs There ain’t no short-handled shovels, no axes, saws or picks I’m bound away where you sleep all day Where they hung the jerk that invented work Up the big rock candy mountain Oh, the buzzing of the bees in the cigarette trees, And the soda water fountains The lemonade springs where the bluebird sings Up the big rock candy mountain Up the big rock candy mountain, you never change your socks And little streams of alcohol, come trickling down the rocks They hay is dry and fluffy, and the barn doors have no locks There’s a great big lake of Irish stew You can paddle all around in a big canoe Up the big rock candy mountain Oh, the buzzing of the bees in the cigarette trees, And the soda water fountains The lemonade springs where the bluebird sings Up the big rock candy mountain
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 | Acoustic 10,060 items |
 | Solo vocalist 11,949 items |
 | Folk 5,999 items |
 | Acoustic Guitar 9,970 items |
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