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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 2129399" data-attributes="member: 8530">Never saw or heard the McClintock version until this thread.   We have three renditions of the song by three different artists - a 1980's cassette, 1990's video, and 2000's DVD, all of which have the following Children's version of the song:In the Big Rock Candy MountainsThere's a land that's fair and brightWhere the handouts grow on bushesAnd you sleep out ev'ry nightWhere the boxcars are all emptyAnd the sun shines ev'ry dayOh, I'm bound to go where there ain't no snowWhere the rain don't fall and the wind don't blowIn the Big Rock Candy Mountains.Oh, the buzzin' of the bees in the peppermint trees'Round the soda water fountainsWhere the lemonade springs and the bluebird singsIn the Big Rock Candy MountainsIn the Big Rock Candy MountainsYou never change your socksAnd little streams of lemonadeCome a-tricklin' down the rocksThe hobos there are friendlyAnd their fires all burn brightThere's a lake of stew and soda, tooYou can paddle all around 'em in a big canoeIn the Big Rock Candy Mountains.Oh, the buzzin' of the bees in the peppermint trees'Round the soda water fountainsWhere the lemonade springs and the bluebird singsIn the Big Rock Candy Mountains The kids also have a toy piano songbook with the above.  My guess is that if they know the song by that version then tens of millions of other kids do as well.</blockquote>