The Big Rock Candy Mountain

[chefpissant]

This song is perfect!!!! 

[TehVozT]

Im so highhh

[KoreyRunningBear]

56 people got raped by a hobo...

[ALABAMAREDNECKS]

MINE TO AND IM 13 TO

[N1TR0pYsCo]

im 13, and this song puts the biggest smile on my face :)

[HillbillyBoogie1]

Awsome song, recorded in 1928!!

[cruyffffffffff]

55 people checked a bulldog for rubber teeth

[Joynas01]

How does this video not have more views?

[radioboyintj]

So I grabbed my pipe

Lit my lite

as hit my piece

of the Big Crack Rock Candy Mountain!

[BrightEyedMusicLover]

My grandpa and I would sing this every time I saw him, it is one of my fondest memories of him, the song still makes me smile, RIP grandpa, see you on the big rock candy mountain.

[quangluu96]

Best song for great depression, match those hobo's dream.

[puppycrazygurl]

@TheFlamingbrownie Well.. It's in Utah. Seriously, look it up on google maps

[MSchobi]

@puppycrazygurl actually there is also one in missouri and one in california

[sugahnspyce]

the hobos anthem...get ya history up people..absolutely love this song!!

[ancechanderson420]

fuck! what i ment to say is who dislike this?

[ancechanderson420]

i hate new age shit.

execpt odd future

[emmy1cat]

Brilliant!

[bknwuzheer1]

Hahaha I heard a much different version when I was a kid. Much less drugs and alcohol in the song.

"In the big rock candy mountain, you never go to school!

You never have to clean your room,

and your parents think you're cool!"

[brewdank]

i think of popcorn sutton when i hear this song r.i.p

[WolfWang420]

this song is my fucking jam now!

im sixteen too and this song rocks my fucking world

thats crazy bro i feel the same way

[trevohyeah]

Fuck. I'm 16 years old. Everyday i'm surrounded by people who listen to cut and paste hip-hop and rap. They have never heard anything like this. This music feels good, it feels thought out. It speaks to everyone in their own way. i love this song

[Fakelegged1]

@trevohyeah you are completely right! now day, the majority just sucks lol theese kind of old tunes are way better!

[EnchanterTom]

This song is pretty horrifying when you get down to it. The land is perpetually dry without precipitation. The cops have been horrifically maimed, and the bulldogs have had their teeth ripped out and replaced with prosthetics. They murdered a man for ideological differences. The townspeople have laws against changing their moldy, worm-eaten socks. There is no fresh water to drink.

Is this hell?

[TheHighhimself]

@EnchanterTom it is heaven my friend

[asantech]

where they hung the jerk

that invented work :)

[Jakob0Guns]

You guys realize this song is about communism right?

[Sweet42097]

@Jakob0Guns how

[Sweet42097]

@Jakob0Guns how

[PlasticSmile32]

SOOOOO EPIC! Reminds me of Puff the Magic Dragon

[THETRUECRASHMONKEY]

SATISFACTORY!!!

What Sayith The Brethren ???

[greengringo2003]

Ha! This is what the Democraps have been promising since Roosevelt's time!

Just ask the OWS kids and Obooboo about it!

[Ddoomalay]

shits ill dilla should of remixed this ish right hur

[Raze23456789]

And da little streams of alchohol come tricklin down da wocks.

[greendayblat]

51 people have not been to the Big Rock Candy Mountains.

[525KILROY]

Its about a hobos view of heaven during the Great Depression. Barns full of hay to sleep in, empty boxcars and no work. Cops with wooden legs and bulldogs with rubber teeth. Hobos of this time would often die when cold would set in during the fall. Hence, "I'll see you all this coming fall in the big rock candy mountains."

[Raggadouche]

Funny that its about rape

[IrkinWarrierKirt]

@Raggadouche Dude what? No it isn't.

[DoktorPaj]

l think the "Occupy Wallstreet movement" should go to The Big Rock Candy Mountain.

[TheFlamingbrownie]

So anybody got directions to this place?

[CodeyWrightPlaysCoD]

@TheFlamingbrownie West :)

[1996Dkop]

I don't see how it could be disliked. It shouldn't really offend anybody.

[MCRedFlare]

This song is amazing, and only 14 :)

[MrMogwaiMan]

the hobo's theme song

[trueblood4814]

Look, a lightsaber!

excuse me, it was just the likebar!

[trueblood4814]

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[quarters420]

Also check out Muck Sticky's remake..........also good

[xXHillyBob15Xx]

very good song

[Mario1223345]

Itunes link?!?

[AhhScaryZombie]

this song is so great! it totes makes me want to be a hobo! ^-^

[PawnGUYY]

this song is demented

[MrBigred314]

Video is awesome... The song is a classic..

[warlord3479]

they turned pete into a horney toad

[KellyAkhil3]

Great song

[churgurlkatie]

omg ive known this song since i have been 5!!!!!! :)

[pieman89100]

Awesome song

[GDITSGDHT]

im gonna sing this, the real one, to my kids one day

[buzzkiljsmith]

I love this video. Perfectly done

[TurnBaller94]

0:19 - 0:23 reminds me of the beginning of the Adventure Time intro.

[thelegoofawesome]

@TurnBaller94 i believe it is sounds more like the Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack

[CaseyDorkface]

My boyfriend's great uncle(who I had the wonderful chance of meeting, great guy) recently passed away and I guess he had always said that this is the only song he'd want to be played at his funeral. A friend of his granted his wish. Everyone at the service loved it.

Such a great song. Love it! :)

[phreakadelik21]

so chill

[LMGunslinger]

This is the song I am gonna play when I am living on the streets as a traveling hobo. I already started practicing with mhey harmonica.

[oBEASTity45]

im pretty sure his only tooth switched sides

[GarlandFraser]

love that tender-crisp bacon cheddar ranch!

[packer041]

Hung the jerk who invented work. Great idea!

[ToastedFetus]

FLAPJACK!

[alucard1195]

I wish this was my class song

[picnut56]

Hey ThePistons4life,

I'm assuming you're a Detroiter. I came from Michigan. I can see you now cruising down 8 Mile Road playing Bluegrass. Keep your head low Brother. LOL Glad your listening to this kinda stuff. I listen to old Motown quite a lot. Music was music back then. Don't mind the funny looks, cause the people that are giving them look funny too.

[picnut56]

LegendofLambeau is absolutely correct in his interpretation of the song. It's a seemingly happy song, with a bit of a dark side. But we can still enjoy it for what it's worth.

[shrek740]

@xenophobe76 it represents heaven.

[theRoseofmyheart]

:)

[RuneSkyNox]

This is what Flap jack is based on, right?

[FutureFrogman7]

This brings back memories of childhood. Such a blissful age for my life.

... what the hell happened?

[rukulathegamer]

I AM DAVE ! YOGNAUGHT, AND I HAVE THE BALLS

[xenophobe76]

I think it means Big Rock Candy Mountains as in Rock candy. i dunno, that makes more sense to me.

[999TVLover]

Great song! Miss those times. Where did they go?

[ethanfe]

@jaketheman123456789 And that's the punchline.

[dokterlexus]

My dad used to sing this song to me when I was a just a little crumb snatcher. When I saw Oh Brother Where Art Thou I told my friends this. They all said, "You're dad was a total badass." I know I'll see him in the big rock candy mountains, RIP.

[andykndr]

@dokterlexus you've inspired me. i will sing this to my children

[metalkat77]

@dokterlexus Now your dad is in that big rock candy mountain now.

[NeptuneMS385]

Isaac Brock (Lead singer for Modest Mouse) did a special cover of the theme to The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack and it sounds pretty much like this.

Pretty awesome :D

[oldgeezerman1]

Thanks for posting this. Very cool and fun.

[djon9999999999]

This is amazing! I bought this song on itues! But the video is prefect(:

[cheesepichu123]

IS THIS FUTURE OKOTOKS?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[jessicarox2011]

so funny and cute

[jasondeere]

Very good song

[GabrielTheDrummer96]

Beautiful...

[TheMorgieee]

this is a brilliant video. hopefully one day we'll all get to go there too :)

[swooshbearz]

it says theres no snow but theres snow on the hills in the backround

[Robertlogan17]

@swooshbearz its not snow. Its just an GREAT abundancy of whipped cream.

[MrPopiea]

I HAVE BEEN IN LOVE WITH THIS SONG SENCE I WAS 3!

[EvilCardboard]

@MrPopiea How old are you now?

[kmgbzh]

@MrPopiea i falled in love toooooo on this song

since... i forget ,maybe millions years

[blueprintn9n]

@MrPopiea How long have you been illiterate for?

[dylan9436]

i love this song!

[joebombero1]

cigarette trees LOL

[neonatalpenguin]

46 people are wooden-legged cops.

[k9lhjj]

Why would anyone dislike this song

[StarcraftMolitov]

This is simply a great song.

[19mg94]

46 people got lost going to the big rock candy mountains

[stealthwalrus]

this song makes me smile :)

[Mirdala]

This makes me feel like a kid agian. Very cheerful and happy song it is.

[dobbsiancant]

obsessed with goats much,fella?do you see them in your dreams?under your bed?are you a capricorn?go back to your chris webber raps.out of morbid curiousity i listened:crap.

[tmax441]

the cops have wodden legs so it can be easier to get away

[BackwoodsBarbie1992]

Whenever I'm real stressed, I listen to this a few times, and it makes me feel so much better! I love it(:

[TheMatthess]

46 pl are on diets :)

[TheOpossum13]

the video seems to show all the people who are suffering from the stuff thats said in the song:)

[mocharger06]

"redneck shit"?? It was a song of survival during a time when people were struggling hard just to survive.

[marineman825]

wtf is this gay shit, how did i get here from chris webby??/fuck this redneck shit, this is gay, only redneck hill billy goat farmers listen to this shit

[unholyimage]

@marineman825 705,028 goat farmers seems to be a high estimate, even for the world population. Very amusing comment though.

[dobbsiancant]

@marineman825 you don't read or you can't read?

[marineman825]

@dobbsiancant "the farmers trees are full of fruit" thats an indication that its a goat farmer song. you illiterate bastard.

[BigBlueLion]

I thought he said 'where the handjobs grow on bushes'. I'm glad I was mistaken.

[CPBadman15]

@BigBlueLion why? that would be awesome!

[BigBlueLion]

@CPBadman15 Haha, you're not wrong there. It might have been a bit creepy though seeing as the visuals in the video are aimed at children xD

[unholyimage]

@BigBlueLion Now that would be "Get Your Big Rocks Off Candy Mountain".

[geezemycheese]

I remember singing this song on fishing trips with my dad! Good memories to this one.

[BreyerLoverHorsie78]

love this wonderful song, my grandfather taught it to me.

[yourastupidface]

i think we can all agree that this is a very good song.

[Timlahaye001]

Great song.



[squamish4244]

My grandfather, who I unfortunately never met, rode the rails as a hobo during the Great Depression and he used to hum this song. My dad recognized it immediately when we watched this movie.

[Starfishman13]

Nice work. Good lip sinc and the setting goes well with the era this song was written in. Keep up the good work.

[sunheart72]

funny

[SegaSatern]

when i was younger i always imagined myself as the hobo looking for the big rock candy mountain.

[Bigbadred23]

hahahahe eeeee this is the song i want played at my funeral

[JackOLantern011]

man.... its a raper murder theifer's paradise. ITS MADE FOR ME.

[ashurathesadxhacker]

ill someday become a guitar player and redo this song in a little more modern but not likt JB modern but i will like this one better always

[tapefilms]

id love to live in the big rock candy mountains

[ThePistons4life]

wow......i heard this from o brother where art thou in the beginning scene and fell in love with it....actually the whole movie had great music...i usually don't even listen to this type of music (bluegrass) but it is truly amazing and you can just tell it was pretty bad back in the Depression era. I am a 27 year old black male and i have downloaded about 30 bluegrass songs and play them in my car VERY loud. i get funny looks but i cant help listening to it :)

[kd5eej]

I will have a band play this song at my funeral for certain!!

[TheVortiman]

this song is so sad

[krisdeguy123]

@TheVortiman HOW ??!?!!?! ITS HAPPY

[TheVortiman]

@krisdeguy123 no, its about a homeless guy whos dreaming of this place

[krisdeguy123]

@TheVortiman yeh but 1 day he might get there lolzzz

[stupidiotikpopsicle]

my uncle used to sing this song to me when i was a kid, save he'd change a few of the words. cigarette trees would be bubblegum trees. and the little streams of alcohol come a trickling down the rocks would be and the little streams of soda pop come a trickling down the rocks and stuff like that. he'd make it kid friendly.

[Vaicurious]

This song used to be my shit when I was a kid.

[Farmfrenzygirl2]

@tulyMIH oh yeah, great movie!

[MrKirkenstein]

bulldogs all have rubber teeth .....

hahahahahahahahahahaaa!!!!!!!!­!!

[LegendOfLambeau]

i first heard this in english while reading of mice and men and i now understand the meaning of this song (the american dream), i hod to do my exam on lord of the flies. LAME!

[525KILROY]

@LegendOfLambeau the meaning of this song is: In the great depression drifters would often die when the weather turned cold with no shelter, hence 2:05 "i'll see you all this comin fall in the big rock candy mountains" . The big rock candy mountains is heaven where "the weathers fair and bright". it is this man's interpretation which include all paradises and luxuries a hobo could want.

[LegendOfLambeau]

@525KILROY ah ok probs would have failed the exam on of mice and men anyway then :p

[whiteprophet360]

@525KILROY This is what you call an "Imo"

[2ndPyleOfVinyl]

@525KILROY Good point! Especially the lines "empty box cars" "cops with wooden legs" and "dogs with rubber teeth".

[BradNC11175]

@2ndPyleOfVinyl Good point. I am not sure of the year this song was written but my guess is it was during Prohibition meaning alchohal was illegal at the time. The "little streams of alchohal streaming down the rocks" would have been the equivalent, in those days, of smoking blunts today. Look at the old cartoons of that era, which were made for adults and not children. In a good many of them the cartoon charicters were hanging around speak easies getting drunk off their asses.

[MegaAstrodude]

@BradNC11175,

The song with these approximate lyrics was first written in 1895 by Harry McClintock, but the lyrics had been evolving since the early 1800s and possibly even before. Even though it wasn't written during Prohibition, it was written in the context of a huge temperance movement that only gave aid to traveling homeless people(hobos), usually alcoholics, if they'd completely abstain from alcohol.

Many older lyrics to the song are much darker and about the dangers of traveling.

[AdamWeissbradley]

Nice



[remmsteinslove]

44 people is cops with wooden legs.

[beatlesfan398]

44 people dont wanna go to the big rock candy mountain and have a good life :/

[HIDEAFONE]

great song

[LoopyTheBubblebrain]

Does he say 'hung the turk who invented the work' or 'hung the jerk who invented the work' ? Love the idea of a stream with alcohol lol

[GlassesOfHeaven]

hehe, i like this one! made me start think about something new stuff than all the idiots im living with

[theorigpoon]

BLIG ROCK..... like when he says that, just a lil slip up i noticed

[lolzy123321]

@LadyDeirdre this is the final verse: The punk rolled up his big blue eyes And said to the jocker, "Sandy, I've hiked and hiked and wandered too, But I ain't seen any candy. I've hiked and hiked till my feet are sore And I'll be damned if I hike any more To be buggered sore like a hobo's whore In the Big Rock Candy Mountains." meaning its a hobos paradise and a place to escape almost like an early version of cockaigne

[spartanjon94]

there was only one black guy,...

[LadyDeirdre]

There's a final verse, little known and less performed, that puts a much, much darker and more cynical meaning to the song. You can find it if you care to look, but I think the song's better off without it.

[TheMatthess]

id be better if it had ponds of moonshine.

[Vioxlent]

Lmao. Someone is complaining about songs about rolling blunts but they're talking about how great Rock Candy Mountain is...

[TheGameGuru1000]

@Vioxlent What's funny about that?

[CrispycreamBD]

they just dont make music like this no more now a days you rap about rolling blunts and lady guy guy and justin biber

[rokrspi]

@CrispycreamBD lmao lady guy guy? nice. shehe was u know

[StormKat30]

@CrispycreamBD Yeah, country now and days sing to much crap about wives and husbands cheating, children dying, the husbands and wives wanting to commit suicide, the Devil outplayed the professional violinist and took his soul, alcoholics, bar drinking, spousal abuse,sexual abuse,verbal abuse, dangers of bull riding,revenge, revenge on the cheating boyfriend/girlfriends/husband/­wives, avenging the deaths of friends and family, Egotistical attitudes over oneself and others, and low-self esteem.

[SpaceMasterRahel]

@CrispycreamBD So true.

[robotic7200]

@CrispycreamBD

Upvote for blunts!

bluntz4lyfe

[neverneverland1000]

This song makes me thankful for ears.

[baar34]

thumbs up if you want a one way ticket to the big rock candy mountains

[Tatersdabomb]

44 people will never find the big rock candy mountain

[baar34]

This song was written 80 years ago. by a child. it is a song about a hobo's fantasy land.

[ToadyTheOG]

it really pisses me off that Flapjack on cartoonnetwork would make a parody of this for its intro.

[gregabate]

its a song hobos would use to entice young boys to join up with them since youngsters got more handouts than crusty old hobos

[Medafets]

This would have been cool in Fallout 3/NV.

[Alexxx2292]

@MrPudgey19 This song was written in 1928, child.

[MegaRKM]

Big Crack Mountain.

[Farfromhere001]

whats the "true meaning"?

[gregabate]

@Farfromhere001 its a song hobos would use to entice younger boys to join up with them in the hobo camps, they would send the boys out to get handouts since youngsters got more handouts than crusty weathered hobos

[MrPrado210]

@MrPudgey19 ,lol wow this song was made way before flap jack little kid

[dub0me0king0step]

reminds me of ecstasy

[ReesiePuffs64]

Makes sense that Flapjack took part of this tune since the storyline is about him wanting to go to Candied Island.

[MegaRKM]

@ReesiePuffs64 WAY WAY WAY WAY WAY before Flajack was even an idea.