[Verse 1]
On a summer's day
In the month of May
A burly bum came hikin'
Down the shady lane
Through the sugarcane
He was lookin' for his likin'
As he strolled along
He sang a song
Called "The Land of Milk and Honey"
Where a bum can stay
For many a day
And he don't need any money

[Chorus]
Oh, the buzzin' of the bees
In the cigarette trees
The soda water fountain
Where the lemonade springs
And the bluebird sings
On the Big Rock Candy Mountain

[Verse 2]
There's a lake of gin
We can both jump in
And the hand outs grow on bushes
In the new-mown hay
You can sleep all day
And the bars all serve free lunches
Where the meal train stops
And there ain't no cops
And the folks are tender-hearted
Where you never throw rocks
And you never wear socks
And your hair is never parted
[Chorus]
Oh, the buzzin' of the bees
In the cigarette trees
The soda water fountain
Where the lemonade springs
And the bluebird sings
On the Big Rock Candy Mountain

[Verse 3]
A farmer and his son
They were on the run
Through a hayfield they were bounding
Said the bum to the son
"Why don't you come
To the Big Rock Candy Mountain"?
So the very next day
They hiked away
A mile post they kept countin'
But they never arrived
At the lemonade tide
And the Big Rock Candy Mountain

[Chorus]
Oh, the buzzin' of the bees
In the cigarette trees
The soda water fountain
Where the lemonade springs
And the bluebird sings
On the Big Rock Candy Mountain
[Outro]
Big Rock Candy Mountain