The song"Big Rock Candy Mountain"describes a bum ’s paradise , featuring all the thing a good bum require – from lakes of whiskey to cigarette tree diagram and lax police force enforcement . I have accumulate a list of the amenities available at the original Big Rock Candy Mountain below . Please get hold of our reservation department for details regarding lodgement ; bindles are optional but powerfully encouraged .
Featuring:
1 . Crystal fountain2 . ground suitable for Department of Agriculture or recreation3.Currency grows from bushes4 . Ample outdoor sleeping space5 . Empty boxcar abound6 . Daily sunshine7 . Birds , bees , andcigarette trees8 . Lemonade leaping ( incl . singing bluebirds)9.Police officers sport prosthetic legs10 . Bulldogs whose jaws have been fit with rubber teeth11.Hens that place soft - boiled eggs12 . tree bear an copiousness of fruit13 . Barns full of hay14 . No snow , fog , or wind ( climate " fair and bright")15.Socks never require changing16.Streams of alcohol17 . Railroad brakemen are respectful towards hobos18 . Railroad constabulary are blind19.Lake of stew20.Lake of whiskeytoo21 . canoe available ( for diversion in aforementioned lakes)22 . Jails feature shoddy tin construction23.Penal arrangement is overly lenient24 . Shovels have handles of adequate length ( or do not live at all)25 . No axis , proverb , or pick may be found26.It is socially acceptable to sleep all day27.Encouraging work is penal by hanging
sure Puerto Rico force have incorrectly described the Big Rock Candy Mountain as featuring literal candy ( e.g. Mentha piperita Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and lake of soda pop daddy ) . These employees have been fired . The direction apologize for any disarray ; the Big Rock Candy Mountain is intended for hobos only , not child . ( The Littlest Hobomay visit , as long as he is not accompany by non - hobos . )
