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1928 song by Harry McClintock

For the novel, see The Big Rock Candy Mountain (novel).

"The Big Rock Candy Mountains", first recorded and copyrighted by Harry McClintock in 1928,^[3] is a country folk song about a hobo's idea of paradise, a modern version of the medieval concept of Cockaigne.

It is a place where "hens lay soft-boiled eggs" and there are "cigarette trees". McClintock said that he wrote the song in 1895, based on tales from his youth hoboing through the United States while working for the railroad as a brakeman.^[4] It is catalogued as Roud Folk Song Index No.

6696.^[5]

History

The song was first recorded by McClintock, also known by his "hobo" name of Haywire Mac. McClintock said that he wrote the song, though it was likely partially based on other ballads, including "An Invitation to Lubberland" and "The Appleknocker's Lament".

Other popular itinerant songs of the day such as "Hobo's Paradise", "Hobo Heaven", "Sweet Potato Mountains", and "Little Streams of Whiskey" likely served as inspirat

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