Big Rock Candy Mountain

[Jenult]

this is the sickest song ever written! No outlaw-country, or even black metal can compare to this shit!! I raise my fifth of whiskey to this shit!!

[SarieContrary]

I really don't think this is "original footage"... looks like someone filmed someone/themselves lip-syncing and playing a guitar, and ran it through a couple of old-timey filters in Windows Movie Maker.

[joanharvest]

Harry McClintock is singing this though his was not the first version that I ever heard. I was 12 years old and ill and bored from being in bed. My older brother listened to folk music and lent me his Cisco Houston album with this song on it. That was 50 years ago. I still love the song.

[meganbreaksfaces]

I woke up singing this song today, haha, I had to find it and listen to it because I could only remember one part of it and it's was bugging the hell out of me that I couldn't remember the rest of it,

[tbird4365]

Awesome!

[likearollingstone257]

Glad you all like the song I wrote.

[bizzaro42]

@likearollingstone257 The person who wrote this died in 1957

[likearollingstone257]

@bizzaro42 Obviously not since I'm right here talking to you on this website.

[bizzaro42]

@likearollingstone257 Everyone knows you didn't write this song.

[bottomlands]

@likearollingstone257 fuckin retard

[jkgunsword44]

i dont remember this song at all but something about the tune just rings a bell. makes me fell sorry for all the small kids who dont apreciate songs like this who only listen to new age bull shit and the little beaners listen to shitty new age rap. I dont want to live in this time period anymore

[thecocoabeans1]

@jkgunsword44 man i like rap, and this stuff.

[werewolfmattmmoney09]

I love it, my dad would sing it to me when I was a kid and I was sad, it would always calm me down. Good times.

[DSwarmhost]

This song rocks (candy rocks)

[JustRoar58]

Oh I miss wen I was in 3rd grade we used to sing this

[HeavyMetalBeliever]

Is that actually Harry McClintock

[tonychemeng]

love it !!!!!

[CustomVidz23]

@victorbarovsky

I think it's spelled "invented"

[forslavjo]

"Not another slideshow", my ass. Whatever you call it, it's obviously contemporary footage, with some cheap filter on it to give it the grainy look.

You sir, are a fool.

[pixelmagic777]

@forslavjo I'd like to see you explain 0:34 if this is just a "cheap filter".

[AlexanderVonW]

was this shot on the new gopro?

[singsinnavy]

This is just the recording from "Oh brother, where art thou."

[pumkinvine]

@singsinnavy lmao, this recording was made in 1928, that's 72 years before the movie in case your knowledge of math is equally limited.

[beemaster69]

@pumkinvine thats mean.

[JediBlitz1024]

@singsinnavy You're both right. The song recorded in 1928 was used in the movie.

[victorbarovsky]

"Where they hung the jerk that invited work" has to be the best lyric ever



[judiemac1]

@victorbarovsky

I always thought it was "where they hung the jerk that invented work" have just listened again, check it out!, and I agree, the best lyric ever :=)

[blewj]

@judiemac1 It IS "invented." :) 

[LoveBeautifulCrazy]

My grandpa always used to sing this song. <3

[fyoraroxsox]

This is the best song ever.

[ThePaxtonFleming]

i want to be a hobo now



[choochinbigtime420]

fucking ads

[phreakadelik21]

so chill



[sofyan3]

Hang those jerks who invented works. YEAAA!

[lazlolover4uboy]

...I wanna be at the Big Rock Candy Mountian ... ;)

[jedihunter176]

I feel so incredibly nostalgic...this song feels so familiar. I'm also kinda tearing up a bit, as if someone I loved sang this to me long ago when I was a kid...

[TheOlpaddywalsh]

he'll see us all in the fall cause in winter, we wouldve otherwise been dead, cause of the cold, and the hoboness and all

[splitu238]

@TheOlpaddywalsh LMAO!! XD

[davidrail68]

When he first wrote the song it was very graphic as to what happened to kids lured into the life. In '28 (I think) he revised it to get it out. You still feel the how the unemployed sung about a world with out the terrible oppression they suffered.

We'll have to fight for the Big Rock....

[14bj337]

The meadow is on fire.

[chaoseleproductionz]

This is the song i want played at my funeral :)

[emeraldweapon85]

I hope heaven is like The Rock Candy Mountains

[Ir0nSaint]

Childhood memories anybody?

[sjlobiwan]

if dont like something this peaceful go fuck yourself

[emilyputz97]

I used sing this with my dad :)

[commander672]

"All the cops have wooden legs" "Prisons are made of tin" "Handouts grow on bushes" "Boxcars are all empty" "The Railroad Bulls are blind"

Damn my AP US history education! I can't help but recognize those refrances!

[Vern2765]

Great rendition in iMovie! Love it! Very well done and a great song, too!

[smfpizzaboy]

im 15 i like this song alot

haha its a beast song

[2morowMan]

And i like to sing the orginal lyrics...

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

[TheHonkyquacker13]

ha this song is so nice lay in the sun on a river bank in your undies nice ahah

[SiegePerilous11]

"In the Big Rock Candy Mountain, where they're really anal about grammar" Nah, doesn't roll off the tongue.

[stinabambina99]

i remember camping when i was with my grandma the whole ride there me and my brother kept replaying it that was forever ago i still LOVE this song <3

[DylanTechLabs]

when i was little this was the only song i liked "besides the vegie tales theme song"

[EukalaSaurusRex]

i grew up on o brother where art thou and i have loved this song since i was 5

[Zabbai]

21 people are un-American.

[tucker2550]

this is a gay song

[MrJrdify]

@tucker2550 Gay = Having or showing a merry, lively mood: gay spirits; gay music.

[assasin23489]

im 13 and i still love this song lol

[Jostyhof2222]

O brother where art thou!!!!!!! THanks for this song!!!!!!!!

[ridinhonda4life]

wher they hung the jerk, that invinted work, BEST PART EVER!!!!

[elcriz000]

i want this played at my funeral.

[qnasty67]

I'm so Stoned.

[jsanderson13]

@qnasty67

[MrBigslash]

lo0o0voe this song

[RatFaceJohnny]

@Rustyloveproductions good job bro make sure u get everyone 2 love this kind of music

[bringthenoise20xx]

i too am a kid, and i listen to this before bed.

[eXoSublimeAsylumoXe]

17 and this is what i live for

[toot1231]

Im 14... love this

[sikkinixx82]

To the hobos past...present....dead or alive. Ill see you all this comin fall in the b.r.c.m.

much love. ride rails!

[CrispycreamBD]

this song is awsome todays generation just dont understand they rather rap about rolling blunts and about never saying never

[riseagan]

@CrispycreamBD ahaha, that's pretty funny. I consider myself to be part of todays generation, and trust me, i know where you're coming from. But there is still a bunch of us who appreciate this. All is not yet lost

[Hermoor]

nice melody

[MrWeezyfbaby83]

I used to listen to this song with my family about 7 years ago, and i just decided to look it up, and i forgot how much i love!:)

[spencerbeveridge]

haha reminds me of when i was little

[SuperFablefreak]

im only 13 and i listen to very old country which i usually listen to 50's-70's country but this song is the best1

[HamburgerMolester]

love the footage

[joekelly1964]

A great song, a story behind good music, freeflowing and easy on the mind.

PS is that video done on an I phone?

[Iamthewalrus3200]

This is the best trail song ever!

[Respectthefinger]

Now this is true Ameriacan music kids today need to stop listening to thier lady ga ga or justin bieber its time for them to join true America.

[HoppyWalkthrough]

16 people couldn't find the Big Rock Candy Mountain! :D

[fluster84]

before there was autotune, there was real music :)

[altorino1]

@fluster84

I agree also!

[deadguy775]

@fluster84 before there was real music there was this guy

[haraldinho13]

@fluster84 Ever heard about Coldplay?

[manmanguyman]

This reminds me of when i was a kid and my grandpa sang it to me. Thanks for this dude/duddette

[KraigK36]

Awesome!

[gaphoogys]

I'm 17 and loveeeeeeeeeeeee this songgggg.

[SarahAinley]

@gaphoogys Same! (:

[madgigahz]

i like the part about alcohol streams



[ThePsycoticboxman]

this is the oldest song on my iPod! from 1928.

[shaneh1983]

great song

[wrpiam]

i love this song and i'm15

[gui11loup10]

@wrpiam me too ! and I'm 49 =)

[Godspine]

Thumbs up if GHOST ADVENTURES brought you here.

[raggdwood]

@Godspine ugh..

[spoooniii]

I feel like ive heard this before, was it used in the escapist series apocalypse lane?

[raedotted]

they already played this at my funeral...

[14jtd994]

Just so all of your know thisis a fake how stupid are u the cdtrack is just play over it

[bottomlands]

@14jtd994 lol, words of wisdom from someone who is obviously a mental giant.

[14jtd994]

@bottomlands u dont no much about audio and video do u its the same off the record and just played over it

stupid people

[bottomlands]

@14jtd994 Yes, I know it's overdubbed genius, I just think it's comical that someone who can't spell "you" or use punctuation is calling people stupid.

[davidcope42]

all the people whom dislikes this song is crazy

[PurpleCourgette]

This song is just so sweet, it just makes humble lovely joy bubble up inside you like candy floss... yeah...

[madmanmillett]

i heard woody guthrie would not sing this song cause it was about a homosexual luring young boys away from the other hobos?

[lostbuffalo]

@madmanmillett last 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.”

[MrBuk86]

@madmanmillett I doubt that, but kinda interesting. If Woody wouldn't sing it, well, then I guess I won't hahaha.

[madmanmillett]

@MrBuk86 read what is under my post by lost buffalo he seems to have the lyrics

[jackstraw316]

Check out the Tex Ritter version, same great tune, child appropriate lyrics...

[XxInferiorRacoonxX]

@jackstraw316 screw child appropriate stuff this is the good stuff!

[MegaAstrodude]

@XxInferiorRacoonxX,

These are the mostly child appropriate lyrics. The original version from the late 1800s wasn't publicly recorded and some of its lyrics aren't pg, but the song is actually kind of sad. He finally realizes that there isn't a rock candy mountain where one is successful without working and his life has been a hedonistic failure.

[tacton12488]

what happened to real music like this

[MARY9765]

im 11 too

[TheBeandip13]

my favorite song ever



[footballfanmc]

wasnt this video in the 1920's?

[mowson1275]

I'm doing the American West in Gcse History this year and my teacher played us this song and now i love it! Much love Mr. Roach <3

[drew35744]

@mowson1275 whhat mr roach? do you go to wylie?

[cardinals3902]

I love listening to this while walking the CSX tracks.. makes me feel alive

[flabbyboy123]

one of the best songs ever i love playing this song

[haraldinho13]

This almost made me cry

[The670712]

I love this song :D

[RatFaceJohnny]

This song is so sick!!!!

i wish more kids were into music like this

[TheRebornMama]

@RatFaceJohnny I am only 11 and this is my favorte song!!!! i wish my friends liked this..I know every word to this song

[RatFaceJohnny]

@TheRebornMama thats sick!!!

yeah i cover this song its a big infulence for my music

[TMChaoSSoniC]

@RatFaceJohnny there was a group of us about 10 punks listening to this from OC we were all between 14-18 sleeping under a bridge...kids listen to this but theyre scared to cause of whats peers might say

[RatFaceJohnny]

@TMChaoSSoniC what really? dude ppl cant trip about that. i listen 2 all kinds of stuff, punk psychobilly rockabilly, ska, hardcore, indie, folk, but not rap crap haha. but this song is sick, dont worry about what others think about you,

[jizzy2k]

@RatFaceJohnny rap is good

[TMChaoSSoniC]

@RatFaceJohnny yeah man...one of my buddies is 24 and is living under a bridge still...life gets no better than what this song talks about but society calls this lifestyle being a bum. The first man on earth couldnt have been no better though right?

[RatFaceJohnny]

@TMChaoSSoniC well i believe that even thoguh ur bud is living under a bridge , life can still get better. being a bum isnt a fun life, but he can change that! i believe adam was the first cat on the earth, he was perfect until he messed up. your friend still has a chance to change his life. through God

[PensandSteelersrock]

@RatFaceJohnny YES I LOVE THIS SONG AND IM 13

[RatFaceJohnny]

@PensandSteelersrock haha good job kid. spread the good music 2 others

[metalupyourthrash]

@RatFaceJohnny 19 and I'm totally into this shit. Love it!

[RatFaceJohnny]

@metalupyourthrash HAHA ALRIGHT DUDE

WE NEED MORE KIDS LIKE YOU 2 LOVE IT!!!

[jhofmann33]

@RatFaceJohnny The song is not 'sick'. It is a beautiful masterpiece. Words have meanings !!!

[Zaphod4100]

@jhofmann33 I think he meant 'sick' as in 'awesome' and 'kool.......just say'n.

[jhofmann33]

@Zaphod4100 Thank you for the kind explanation. At the age of 48, I miss the days when words had old Webster dictionary meanings.

[jackinatorist]

@RatFaceJohnny me and my buddies are 17-18 and we jam on this all the time

[jackguerito]

@RatFaceJohnny i love this song and im 14

[ganjaganja879]

this was never videoed

[MrGarruk123]

how old is this song?

[gosdang]

14 people couldn't find the Big Rock Candy Mountain.

[tangoUdontC]

This song is about a hobo's paradise, fyi lol

[addemanns]

@tangoUdontC

Wouldn't mind heading over there as well ^^

[rolyat1216]

I had no idea this song only had one chord in it

[fstwrtr]

@rolyat1216 yeah, but it kinda grows on yu.... the pet rock only had a rock in a box...

[hrastovica]

@rolyat1216 It has three.

[RatFaceJohnny]

@rolyat1216 it more than one chord

[belanva420]

blah blah blah i love this song

[mlawren7]

Jesus for President of Rock Candy Mountain!

[copenhagenbitch20]

@tennisboi107, no i left his pot smoking ass after he hit me and our daughter so fuck off.. you dick

[AJxWriteLove]

Do you think you could post the lyrics please?

[cyberfox99]

It's amazing how much video has advanced, especially for a good song that has lasted this long.

[greannysmith]

14 people were lost in the maze of the big rock candy mountain!

[squirrely102]

i've been reading a book called milkweed and a man shouts "come on kids let's go to candy mountain!" i looked it up on wikipedia and it only had info about this song are they related in anyway?

[copenhagenbitch20]

my ex husband loved this song, my only favorite part is the whiskey parts..

[tennisboi107]

@copenhagenbitch20 no wonder he left you

[dizzyca]

every time i'm working with my brother in-law or when were fishing or road trpping i sing this song ,and we crack up laughing :) love it

[MrBillfitz]

it maybe easy now to point at those men who had to rode the rails in the dirty 30s

as low life,worthless ,just trash but have you ever thought of where those men

were when the second war was fought?

[bottomlands]

@filmerado LOL, this video has over 200,000 views and your videos have, oh wait you don't have any. Who's lame?

[InterestingFlavour]

I listened to this song a lot as a kid. Now that I'm older, with a less mature sense of humor, I understand the references and think to myself about how much this implies a drug addict.. that's just the vibe I'm getting.

[PCPthemeanestmc]

this is a great song

[cyrustheheman]

it's "hung the turk that invented work", people...

[ushkanutz]

I wanna be there.

[apifatree]

they need a love button for a song like this

[neatoauctions]

This great song is a quasi "Over the Rainbow" tune for hillbillies. A fantasy tale where "all the cops have wooden legs," dogs possess rubber teeth, and "the railroad bulls are blind," make this ditty a true hoot. You'll note that when this song is used in "O'Brother Where Art Thou," a violin is added delightfully near the halfway point.

[cyrustheheman]

@neatoauctions it's about hobos, drifters, not necessarily hillbillies. "handouts" are what panhandlers get, they sleep in boxcars, etc.

[nivek194]

same chord all trouhg the song?? watch the hand...

[mamatembo51]

Thank you for sharing such a wonderful part of our music history. This is where it used to be sung, on the front porch, in the back yard and on the range. LOVE IT, THANKS!!!

[makemyday614]

if you listen to the lyrics, this is kinda like a 30's Gangsta's Paradise. haha

[Opacify]

original verse stated "where they hung the Turk that invented work"

[JinjOMania]

flapjack thanks for bringing this up!

[hajimetak]

i thought they hung the TURK that invented work?

[PopsicleGuy]

i have to sing this in chores

[thectexperience]

awesome song... though tabacco really does grow on trees, and ganja too! no need to cry about that/

[sergaiey]

@thectexperience Cigarette Trees are not tobacco, it's the way they look.