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Tex Ritter - Big Rock Candy Mountain

Woodward Maurice Ritter (January 12, 1905January 2, 1974), better known as Tex Ritter, was an American country music singer and movie actor popular from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the father of actor John Ritter. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Lyrics: One evening as the sun went down And the circus it was over The tent came down and the funny old clown said, Boys, I'm now in clover I'm headed for a land that's far away beside the popcorn fountain Now I'll see you all this coming fall In the Big Rock Candy Mountain In the Big Rock Candy Mountain There's a land that's bright and fair Where the doughnuts grow on bushes And there's lots of cookies there Where the dogs and cats are happy And the sun shines everyday Where there's birds and bees in the bubble-gum trees By the lemonade springs And the whippoorwill sings In the Big Rock Candy Mountain In the Big Rock Candy Mountain The houses are built of blocks And the little streams of soda pop Come trickling down the rocks The soldiers there are made of lead And they are very brave There's a lake of stew and ice cream too You can paddle all around in a paper canoe In the Big Rock Candy Mountain In the Big Rock Candy Mountain The frogs have wooden legs And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth And the hens lay hard-boiled eggs There's chocolate pie in all the trees And jam in all the lakes Well I'm gonna go where the wind don't blow There's a big free show And there's candy snow In the Big Rock Candy ...

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