Sound Track is an alias of Savvas Ysatis (born July 1, 1968), a Greek elect… Read Full Bio ↴Sound Track is an alias of Savvas Ysatis (born July 1, 1968), a Greek electronic musician.

Ysatis was born in Athens, Greece, and developed an interest in the synthesizer through exposure to electronic music by artists such as Kraftwerk and Jean Michel Jarre in the late 1970s. At age 15, he left Greece to move to New York City, where he acquired some musical equipment and began experimenting.

His early ambient solo work was produced under the moniker Omicron. He met and started working with Taylor Deupree in 1993, and released a number of albums and tracks, with a variety of styles and under a few different names. Ysatis and Deupree released their ambient work as SETI, their jazzy trip-hop as Futique, and their more dance-oriented work as Arc. Most of Ysatis' work while in New York was published on the Instinct label.

In 1997, Ysatis returned to Athens to help the growing Greek electronic music scene. He founded the Sonar label with radio DJ Giannis Papaioannou. He also started the Allou project with vocalist Elias Aslanoglou, which has signed with the V2 label.

Ysatis' early work, as characterized by his Omicron releases, and his work with Deupree for SETI, focused mainly on ambient music. The Futique project was a completely different combination of trip-hop and jazz. The Arc project fit somewhere between the two other projects, with a stripped-down Detroit techno style, with a little experimental edge. His latest solo work on the Tresor label moves to a classic techno feel.

Bands he participated with: Omicron, Sound Track, SETI (with Deupree), Futique (with Deupree), Arc (with Deupree), Skai (with Deupree), Allou (with Aslanoglou).

Big Rock Candy Mountain
Sound Track Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Big Rock Candy Mountain' by these artists:

Baby Genius On a summer day In the month of May A burly man…
Blake Rouse One evening as the sun went down And the jungle fire…
Brie Larson One evening when the sun went down And the jungle fire…
Burl Ives Oh, the buzzin' of the bees in the cigarette trees The…
Countdown Kids In the Big Rock Candy Mountains There's a land that's fair…
Elizabeth Mitchell There is a land I've heard about Where the clouds are…
Harry "Haywire Mac" McClintock One evening as the sun went down And the jungle fires…
Harry McClintock One evening as the sun went down And the jungle fire…
Haywire Mac One evening as the sun went down And the jungle fire…

Ives Burl Oh, the buzzin' of the bees in the cigarette trees The…
James Carter & The Prisoners One evening as the sun went down And the jungle fire…
James Carter and The Prisoners Well, the high sheriff He told his deputy Want you go out…
Jane Wiedlin I've been hurt so many ways I've cried so many times It…
Lisa Loeb There is a land I've heard about Where the clouds are…
Lisa Loeb & Elizabeth Mitchell There is a land I've heard about Where the clouds are…
Lisa Loeb & Elizabeth Mitchell (Family) There is a land I've heard about Where the clouds are…
McClintock Harry One evening as the sun went down And the jungle fire…
Norman Blake One evening as the sun went down And the jungle fire…
Pete Seeger One evening as the sun went down And the jungle fires…
Pete Seeger Woody Guthrie & Leadbelly One evening as the sun went down And the jungle fires…
Ramblin' Jack Elliott One evening as the sun went down And the jungle fires…
Roger Whittaker Oh, the buzzin' of the bees and the cigarette trees The…
Roy Rogers & The Sons of the Pioneers One evening as the sun went down and the jungle…
Tex Ritter One evening as the sun went down and the circus…
The Beat Farmers One evening as the sun went down and the jungle…
The Countdown Kids In the Big Rock Candy Mountains There's a land that's fair…
The Countdown Kids (Children's) In the Big Rock Candy Mountains There's a land that's fair…
The Halo Benders Why why why Where'd you go' Woke up to find you unlaid…
The Highwaymen On a summer's day In the month of May A burly bum…
The Motorcycle Boy every day in this house seems the same I want to…
The Okee Dokee Brothers In the Big Rock Candy Mountain, There's a land that's fair…
The Soggy Bottom Boys One evening as the sun went down, And the jungle fire…
The Wonder Kids In the Big Rock Candy Mountains There's a land that's fair…
Various Artists ON A SUMMER DAY IN THE MONTH OF MAY A BURLY…

Wonder Kids In the Big Rock Candy Mountains There's a land that's fair…

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

Nates

6y↑502

One evening as the sun went down
And the jungle fire was burning,
Down the track came a hobo hiking,
And he said, "Boys, I'm not turning
I'm headed for a land that's far away
Besides the crystal fountains
So come with me, we'll go and see
The Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains,
There's a land that's fair and bright,
Where the handouts grow on bushes
And you sleep out every night
Where the boxcars all are empty
And the sun shines every day
On the birds and the bees
And the cigarette trees
The lemonade springs
Where the bluebird sings
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
All the cops have wooden legs
And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth
And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs
The farmers' trees are full of fruit
And the barns are full of hay
Oh I'm bound to go
Where there ain't no snow
Where the rain don't fall
The wind don't blow
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
You never change your socks
And the little streams of alcohol
Come trickling down the rocks
The brakemen have to tip their hats
And the railroad bulls are blind
There's a lake of stew
And of whiskey, too
You can paddle all around 'em
In a big canoe
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains,
The jails are made of tin
And you can walk right out again,
As soon as you are in
There ain't no short-handled shovels,
No axes, saws or picks,
I'ma goin' to stay
Where you sleep all day,
Where they hung the Jerk
That invented work
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

Edit: Copied this from google which may have referenced different lyrics.

Matty88K

4y↑2

One of my early childhood memories. More than 50 years ago, my daddy used to sing this song to me early in the mornings. Some of the words were different but I still remember them!!
On a sunny day in the month of May
A burly bum came hiking
Down a shady lane, through the sugar cane
A-searchin' for his liking
As strolled along he would sing a song
Of a land of milk and honey
Where a bum could stay, for many a day
And not need any money
Ohhhhh the buzzin' o' the bees in cigarette trees,
The sody water fountains
And the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains.
Then came the part about cops with wooden legs etc. When this movie came out, I saw it in the theater and when this song came on at the beginning, I started to cry.

untolerable bees

Commenting for myself to sing-along
One evening as the sun went down
And the jungle fire was burning
Down the track came a hobo hiking
And he said, "Boys, I'm not turning"
"I'm headed for a land that's far away
Besides the crystal fountains
So come with me, we'll go and see
The Big Rock Candy Mountains"
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
There's a land that's fair and bright
Where the handouts grow on bushes
And you sleep out every night
Where the boxcars all are empty
And the sun shines every day
And the birds and the bees
And the cigarette trees
The lemonade springs
Where the bluebird sings
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
All the cops have wooden legs
And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth
And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs
The farmers' trees are full of fruit
And the barns are full of hay
Oh, I'm bound to go
Where there ain't no snow
Where the rain don't fall
The winds don't blow
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
You never change your socks
And the little streams of alcohol
Come trickling down the rocks
The brakemen have to tip their hats
And the railway bulls are blind
There's a lake of stew
And of whiskey too
You can paddle all around it
In a big canoe
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
The jails are made of tin
And you can walk right out again
As soon as you are in
There ain't no short-handled shovels
No axes, saws nor picks
I'm goin' to stay
Where you sleep all day
Where they hung the jerk
That invented work
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
I'll see you all this coming fall
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

The Hash Slinging Slasher

2y↑2

One evening as the sun went down
And the jungle fire was burning
Down the track came a hobo hiking
And he said, "Boys, I'm not turning"
"I'm headed for a land that's far away
Besides the crystal fountains
So come with me, we'll go and see
The Big Rock Candy Mountains"
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
There's a land that's fair and bright
Where the handouts grow on bushes
And you sleep out every night
Where the boxcars all are empty
And the sun shines every day
And the birds and the bees
And the cigarette trees
The lemonade springs
Where the bluebird sings
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
All the cops have wooden legs
And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth
And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs
The farmers' trees are full of fruit
And the barns are full of hay
Oh, I'm bound to go
Where there ain't no snow
Where the rain don't fall
The winds don't blow
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
You never change your socks
And the little streams of alcohol
Come trickling down the rocks
The brakemen have to tip their hats
And the railway bulls are blind
There's a lake of stew
And of whiskey too
You can paddle all around it
In a big canoe
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
The jails are made of tin
And you can walk right out again
As soon as you are in
There ain't no short-handled shovels
No axes, saws nor picks
I'm goin' to stay
Where you sleep all day
Where they hung the jerk
That invented work
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
I'll see you all this coming fall
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

All comments from YouTube:

anthony kirsch

3y↑147

This song hits different when you're living paycheck to paycheck

Chozo-trained

2y↑1

@The Be Sharp fucking lol that got me good

The Be Sharp

2y↑2

In a tight spot.

Kyle Shiflet

2y↑1

Amen

DemonWarp65

2y↑2

Amen to that.

Jeremiah Cherry

2y↑3

Thats most of us player

ImAdapt73

9y↑1.9K

Its like a childrens song but for adults lol.

ponderer of the orb

@RobBobTim You are a person that is currently alive, therefore you are a modern person. Point taken anyway though, history does seem to come in cycles though I don’t consider that to be a strict rule, I can see parallels here

ponderer of the orb

@RobBobTim that wasn’t really a thing when this was written, but I guess a modern person could construe it to be alike to that

ponderer of the orb

I love this comment

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Guy Edwards

3y↑168

I know a lot of people interpret this song as a sort of "heaven" for the wandering and the homeless, but I always honestly saw it as a tongue-in-cheek criticism of the economy and job market during the Great Depression. So many people migrated west due to the belief that there was "way more work" available, only to show up stranded with their families in a place just as bad off as the rest of the country.

The Big Rock Candy Mountain is that "Promised Land" that everyone was looking for, but just didn't exist, and the joke is that this magical land with a lake of stew and cigarette trees sounded, by the time of this song's release, more plausible than finding any good kind of living.

Troy Staudacher

So.. our hobo friend never did find his paradise then did he..? 😟

Fork

maybe but I think the fact that he says things like handouts growing on trees, boxcars all being empty, and cops with wooden legs/dogs with rubber teeth is pretty telling that it’s about a homeless person’s dream.

UnclesLumbago

My mom told me that her grandparents had to go into hiding during ww2 from the nazis (Jews). She said that her mom always remembered whenever there was a safe moment during the night they would dance quietly in their room. They were eventually found by the nazis and my great grandpa was killed when a bomb blew up the train car he was being transported on. It definitely sort of reinforces the melancholy undertones of the song

Bob Dobalina

2y↑1

From what I've read the song was actually written in the late 1890s. Harry McClintock was basically a hobo at the time and wrote this song around his experiences traveling the world, sharing stories with other folks like himself. It's not a bad metaphor for the depression but it was written explicitly from the perspective of a homeless working man living on his own without anything tying him down. He changed the lyrics from his original version for this recording though.

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TreeTroper

3y↑313

What makes the song good… is that deep down, we’ll never know a place like this on earth

Ace Williams

@Keith Graham i don't know, nature has done some strange things. 🤔

Ace Williams

2y↑1

I'll see you all, this coming fall, in THE BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAINS.

Garrick Morin

2y↑1

Exactly. I think is his interpretation of heaven

skull killer

2y↑2

True because he says no snow and And a far location and snowed every where I think 1920s

Keith Graham

no shit, half the stuff described is impossible by the nature of physics lol

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Adam Stiles

4y↑209

This was the song we played at my grandfather’s funeral. He died of liver failure from alcoholism. He was a sad soul with a big heart. This song makes me smile and weep at the same time, every time.

bill bill

I believe your grandfather

Case Mercer

a sad soul with a big heart... That's the best way I can describe my dad. He was a cop for 30 years and has worked thousands of the most gruesome murders you could think of. I'm his 13 year old son, it seems like i keep him going everyday. I just don't know how long I can keep him going for.

Gael Atriano

O grandpa where art thou
I'm in heaven, a place called... 0:53

camkilla 375

3y↑2

I physically cannot listen to this song without tearing up

Buttercup kay

3y↑1

I'm sorry for your loss, he can see the big rock candy mountains now :) may he fly high ❤️

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Mystic Fire

4y↑413

My great grandfather sang this song to me the first and only time he met me

Edit expansion: He was doing poorly long before that his wife had died he was sick and weak my mom called him up to tell him shed just delivered his first great granddaughter and he said he wanted to meet me he had to wait a week and a half due to some minor medical things and according to my mom he didn't seem to be all there when she showed up nevertheless she put me in his arms he smiled at me and sang that song to which I fell asleep to
A few days later he died in his sleep

Mystic Fire

@j.L. Kendall 33 sure?

Daniel Goodman

That's a wonderful yet sad story

James Widdel

That's a sad story

Richard Keen

Beautiful dude

Stewart Johnson

3y↑1

Made me cry…

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Tommy Vukelic

4y↑164

O brother, where art thou was one of my grandads favourite movies. I’ll always remember him showing this movie to me when I was young. I didn’t really understand it but I remember the song.
This was the song that played at this funeral and it was only then that I realised I didn’t know how much I appreciated him and all the little things he did for me - like popping out his false teeth to make me laugh.
Rest In Peace Grandad, I love you.

Martin Ackermann

O Brother, how well say‘d tooth!

Aonoymous Andy

2y↑1

rip grandad 😢

Fan of AllAroundAudrey and JustJordan33

I know one of my grandpa’s. He doesn’t care about his family. He only would let his son visit him when he left his wife. My mom hasn’t seen him in forever. He abused my mom as a child to a teen. He doesn’t care about my mom anymore. He doesn’t give my mom birthday presents or Christmas presents nothing. He doesn’t even know he’s a grandpa. He doesn’t know he has grandkids. I’ve never met him. I also unfortunately only have one grandma. She passed away before I was even born to cancer. She lost her life to cancer it took her life away. She never got to meet 2 of grandkids.

camkilla 375

3y↑3

@KingDog indeed :(

KingDog

4y↑13

I feel you brother My grandfather passed last march and I never realized how many movies,shows, and funny things he did with me. What makes it nice though is that you get to look back and realize that time spent with our grandfathers was well spent.

Nates

6y↑502

Alex Herndon

2y↑1

I’ll see you all this coming fall
In the big rock candy mountains

Mick

thank you 🙏 my friend

kincaid 75

@Ethan Skaggs il see you all this coming fall

kincaid 75

@Matthew Dawe it's handouts actually

Jimmy Maples

4y↑4

Its Turk, not jerk.

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fodsaks

8y↑2.6K

This song is bona fide.

Jeremiah Cherry

“Is you or is you aint my constituency”?

Krazy karl

@Super_tramp_142 I came here to say that!

William Thweatt

2y↑2

I said my peace and counted to ten!

Gabriel Garza

2y↑1

Tomorrow it'll be Daddy

Clint 44

3y↑1

the man that wrote it... HE'S A SUITOR...

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Collin Kelley

3y↑23

I really like this song, it lets you imagine a world without strife or struggle

Timmy Smith

Sweet

Ashton Goodnough

7y↑487

I remember my grandpa used to sing me this song when I was little. I've loved it so much and it makes me think of him every time I hear it. The song always made me think about what heaven is like.

Spencer Bothwell

4y↑2

Same, my grandpa past a few years ago and this was the last song played. Good memories

ÆRational

4y↑1

Dude I'm glad someone said something like this because, I dunno about you but, this song always hits me right in the emotions.

FishygoSwishy

The jails r made of tin😂

minotaursMelancholy

5y↑1

Thats why this song makes me cry

Graham Lopez

@Solo Traveler - Off The Beaten Path Marlboro reds. 100s not shorts.

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Ant_On_The_Hill

4y↑748

When you can't find a lyric video:

damn, we're in a tight spot

Dhasp27

Dude I love this comment with every thing inside of me 🤣🤣🤣

OR_Wolfhunter

We ought to r-u-n oft!

Astra Luna

3y↑1

“ma hair!”

philip hoffman

🤣😂🤣😂🤣

Zug75

thats what she said lol

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Kent Carter

3y↑15

Harry McClintock wrote this in 1895, pulling together ideas from several old hobo songs. So, the hobos he is singing about are not the ones from the depression. These were people who lived and traveled by freight train hopping. They were shrewd and cunning survivors, and some were vicious. So knowing that, it is less surprising to see the lines "blue-eyed punk" and "To be buggered sore like a hobo's whore" in the original lyrics that he sang on street corners as a young man.

Antoine Ferry

9y↑44

This song always comes to me mind whenever i'm drunk and sad, and i end up whistling and singing in the streets and no one understands and it makes me happy for a while

A’S SLOW SHOP

3y↑45

To anyone who has lost anyone they have loved, and has came to this song. Don’t cry, and think of the awesome times. Even though my Gpa is still alive and well, he’d probably slap me from the heavens if he saw me crying lol.

A’S SLOW SHOP

@Andy Moore oh boy, you’re one of those people.

Andy Moore

@A’S SLOW SHOP Maybe you should read about the history of the song instead of assuming you know.

A’S SLOW SHOP

@Andy Moore it’s about a homeless mans dream. I don’t know where you got “hey this is a song about pedophiles!”

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Tréflet

3y↑9

My dad practically worships this movie. Brings back memories of him singing this song to me when I was little.

GMCCannonball

11y↑12

I was in jail and I started singing this song. Managed to get the guy in the adjacent cell to join in. This song will forever hold a special place in my heart

noirkiss3

11y↑41

I'm 39 and this song was definitely a favorite as a child.

NuclearBolton

Bruh, this comment was posted when I was 12 years old. 💀💀💀

Kyle Herr

@gingertraps holy shit ya

gingertraps

3y↑2

Damm now ur 46

Kyle Herr

3y↑1

My dad used to sing this to me

Gaia Media

5y↑16

The missing verse, for those that don't know. Look it up:
"The punk rolled up his big blue eyes, and said to the jocker 'Sandy
I've hiked and hitched, and wandered too,
But I ain't seen no candy.
I've hiked and hiked, 'til my feet are sore,
I'll be God-damned if I hike any more,
To be buggered sore, like a hobo's whore,
On this 'big rock candy mountain'"

Kent S.

4y↑2

Is there a recorded version with this?

OBC MTG

3y↑15

This is the song my uncle choose for his funeral today rip 77 years old

balaclavallama

4y↑11

My manager used to whistle this all the time at my first job. Cool guy, made the job 100X better. Where ever you are Alex hope you are doing well!

Laney Humphrey

10y↑145

When i was little my papa would play this and would give me rock candy. He still does it sometimes.

The black Beauty

My grandma song this 1 time and now that I hear it again I start to cry…

Struggles Real

3y↑2

@Laney Humphrey sorry to hear that man I hope you’ve been good ever since his passing

Laney Humphrey

3y↑7

@Brahden Blackburn wow I posted this so long ago. Sadly he passed away 4 years ago now. Still listen to this song often

Roast Chicken

Sounds like you have a great dad

Seth Warner

5y↑6

Stop! You're making me feel! :'(

Ms Tragic

4y↑10

2019, and I'm in love with reading all the quotes from the movie from years ago ❤️ I hope to teach my son's this song

Danz McNabb

2y↑3

This film had one of the best soundtracks ever. Timeless music that touches the soul just right~

Sammy Afe

11y↑168

I took a look at the world and cried when I heard this

United States Of America

3y↑2

One of the best things you can do is turn off your phone and go outside away from everyone and everything only you and Mother Nature the one of the best things I ever did.

J Diamond

It gets worse.

camkilla 375

@Thomas Mullaney same

Fishnu Jish

3y↑2

Wars, famines, and people being selfish. Has been like that throughout history. Society is fucked. But there are a few lights. But they are pitifully few.

Brian Barrios

Song honestly gets you thinking

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Keith

5y↑28

When I'm dying, I want to hear this, so I can go to the big rock candy mountains.

I'll see you all this coming fall.

Black3y3dAng3L

10y↑31

lol Love this. Could just imagine walking down an old dirt road on a hot country day while listening to this song.

Black3y3dAng3L

9y↑2

That actually does some awesome. Whistling old-timey tunes while enjoying the view as you hike. Peaceful.

Greg Petliski

9y↑3

Done it, and its awesome. This is basically my hitchhiking anthem, along with This Land Is Your Land!

Peter Franks

7y↑838

I've been living in a van inside the parking lot of the Walmart I work at for 14 months now and it just occured to me that I am (basically) a modernized Great Depression era Hobo because I'm listening to this song (movie was on in the breakroom) and thinking "Man, I want to go to Big Rock Candy Mountain."

Brad Sargent

3y↑1

@Brian P live somewhere else then

Allison Farmer

3y↑1

@Oxy Bright Dark Dude, I pray you made it <3

Oxy Bright Dark

3y↑1

@3 Nuggeteers it is actually the 20s

3 Nuggeteers

3y↑1

@IdeologicTube Please tell me you realize all phones have internet. It's not the 20's regardless how old the song makes you feel!!

Luke James

3y↑2

@Green Orion I know people that lived in vans with 4 grand in their bank. You just can't imagine living without your Nintendo; that's why it's sad. Living in a van is nice. Pull up to any friends house and you got a guest room. Shower at mom and dads. Just became someone is homeless doesn't mean they didn't want it to be. Something that's freeing about giving a giant finger to rent and taxes. Also this mf can be pulling up to the woods each night to camp instead of sleeping in a parking lot; go fishing instead of buying food

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000 000

5y↑6

My grandma LOVED this soundtrack and the cassette never left her truck. She drove us around a lot and me and my cousins loved this song and knew all the words.

Kilroy McVenture

10y↑736

I ran away when I was 16 and trecked around Missouri and Tennessee for a whole summer singing this song, eating what I pulled outta the river or shot outta the trees, swimming and spending every night by a campfire. Being a jobless irresponsible young hobo is paradise on earth.

B

3y↑2

i know this was 7 years ago but that truly does sound like paradise! hope you’re doing fine now:)

Archer Lizzy

3y↑1

I have just want to do this so I can get away from everyone and make memories

Anton Cigur

3y↑1

A modern Huckfin

Red Seaford

3y↑1

I'm a small business owner who works 9 months a year and gets to spend the other 3 months doing exactly that. I'm not what you would call fiscally rich but goddamnit I'm happy and free.

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Everest

2y↑1

This song makes me think of my dad. I have a rocky relationship with him, makes me sad sometimes. Hearing this makes me feel a lot of emotions I thought I managed to tuck away.

Kristen B. Hall

3y↑3

I remember loving this song as a little girl.🤍 One of my favorites!😍

Jeff Tollison

7y↑283

..even a poor man can dream... wonderful thoughts...

Nah Brah

3y↑2

That's where rich men come from.

Tristan Hernan

3y↑2

Poor dream the most

Roy Slapped

3y↑2

I still remember every one of the songs from childhood. I watched this movie so much! One of the best sound tracks every made for a movie.

eureka matter

10y↑11

One of the most wonderful, yet simple songs ever composed.

stonerkitten420

11y↑5

I Absolutely love this song <3 one of my favorites definitely !

Jessie Baldwin

3y↑2

Loved this song since the first time I heard it always helps me relax that's for sure 👌

Ste Ve

4y↑40

My history teacher made us listen to this. And this shit bops, thanks mr.k 😂

Bio Panda

2y↑1

That happened to me
Thanks mr. W

Utsav Das

5y↑6

I listen to this song and remind myself that no matter how bad things are now, I can always dream. I can always hope. Nostalgia tells us lies about how glorious the past was. The only way out is our imagination.

c_kworth

11y↑3

I learned this song when I was in elementary school. Still love hearing it.

So Specially Me

6y↑85

Fantastic movie AND soundtrack.

Jokeronjack

3y↑2

for it being 3 AM this song is relaxing and very good. i wish we had music like this still.
=

that-savage-kid 69

My grandmother showed me this whole album as a kid didn't know I'd grow up listening to it almost every other day in my 20s

ladyofstarfall

5y↑1

My dad use to play this album in the car whenever we took road trips. I remember using this song to write a story during one... Ah I miss those days.

Okrapie

11y↑2

Love this version of the song. Some music I appreciate more or less as I age. This is a lot more.

halley

i remember this being on a cd in my grandparents car. i made them play it on repeat for like 2 hours, i still really like this

Dean Maguire

4y↑2

I remember me and my sister would drive with my dad in his van and just listen to this song all the time and all sing along to it :) brought back great memories

Chancellor Palpatine

5y↑1

Oh my God, I loved this movie as kid, it was such a good movie back in the 2000's.

Christian Schuyler Scott

5y↑1

I love this song.❤

Matty88K

4y↑2

Ethan Harland

So much love for this

Patrick Jones

That is the “clean” version sung by Burl Ives. That’s the version of the song my Daddy sang to me along with a Song titled Wreck of the Number 9”. I called it
Train rolling along when I would ask my Dad to sing it as a little fella 65 years ago.

Louis Tavare

4y↑19

This song makes me want to laugh and cry at the same time

J C

This was one of my grandfather’s favorite songs. I still remember singing along to this with him while he was still alive, good memories.

JubberDunkus

3y↑2

This song just reminds me of my childhood. Of how when we would go to church and have this playing on the radio, how we would play in the fields after Sunday school. I wish I had those times back

Yawn-Be-Gone

9y↑1.8K

Should have been in Fallout 4.

WavyPhoton820

3y↑1

@Farticus Maximus it’s out now

His Ace in the Hole

3y↑1

Should have been in Doom

Rojo TrueShinobi

3y↑1

I play this song in RDR2 when John is doing ranch work and building fences, like I’ll see you at the Big Rock Candy Mountains Mr.Morgan 🙏🏾

vader

3y↑3

No rdr2

Rojo TrueShinobi

3y↑3

Read dead redemption 2

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RottingRoadkill

8y↑713

Well, ain't it a small world spiritually speaking. Pete and Delmar just been baptized and saved, guess I'm the only one who remains unaffiliated.

Parker

You stole from my kin!!

Who Was Fixin to betray us

You didn't know that at the time!

Well, I was holding onto it, till I did know it.

That don't make no sense!

Ribz

2y↑2

This ain't a laughing matter Everett

Erin Evans

3y↑1

Gopher, Everett?

ten4k

3y↑1

That dont make NO sense

TheTsar1918

4y↑7

This ain't no laughing matter, Everett

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russ collins

3y↑1

One of my favorite movies .
They should do a sequel with the daughters all grown

BiteBunnies

8y↑47

This song .. My dad would play the whole soggy bottom boys album when I was young. I recently saw the film for the first time. It's amazing!! Why couldn't more kids my age be brought up on this?

MoniMa

DapperSkelington I was! High five dude

Tessier Ashpool,mg

7y↑1

Vy'Roi Voodoo It's great to see that people still remember the archetypal epics that reflect the human experience....Joseph Campbell would be proud. The Illiad and the Odyssey were the first adult books that we studied in a small town school system, now, well I could write a book! LOL

SouthWestNS Productions

Pretty sure. He didn't mention the Odyssey whatsoever when he showed us the movie.

おとこジョーイ

7y↑2

SouthWestNS Productions
Are you sure he didn't show it to the class because the entire movie is an adaptation of Homer's Odyssey? The story arc and hero's quest/adventure is consistent with Odysseus' adventure in The Odyssey, not to mention that the name Ulysses is literally an Anglicized version of the name Odysseus.

SouthWestNS Productions

My 10th grade English teacher showed us O Brother, Where Art Thou (not for any specific reason other than the fact that he liked to show his students his favourite movies), and since then it's been one of my all-time favourite movies.

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Jakk's Coffee Break

11y↑6

When I die, I want to go to the big rock candy mountains. That's heaven right there.

Renee Adams

will always be a good song to listen to if u want to be in a good mood!

Ms Tragic

5y↑4

I love that everyone was quoting this movie ❤️ Bring back so many memories

Wes Johnson

5y↑1

God, I love this music. This movie was the best.

Munior June

This song is so beautiful, easily my favorite. So much suffering back in those days and struggling homeless normal people just walking around looking for work and a place to sleep. This song really reflects those times and struggles.

Josh Johnson

I love this song it’s so relaxing

SensationalBanana

Amazing movie with a truly great soundtrack.

Briney Foster

6y↑3

this film so captured the spirit of that era, I would love to see it again in a theatre with Paper Moon as the double feature

Augistine Aquinas

my parents loved this movie and soundtrack, so i heard it a lot.

now im older, I appreciate its dulcet tones

sandy mendola

9y↑514

I Think its about a simple man's heaven.

Leana Jo 💗

Hobo's Heaven....Back in the day of the hobo

Timmy Smith

@Tessier Ashpool,mg sweet

Trewiun

it is now yes. When he first recorded it supposedly it was about a hobo trying to lure people to go with him. Telling them of an amazing place. There is even a few lines that were taken out of the version he popularized as he wrote the song like 30 years before he popularized it. The current version is about a hobos idea of paradise. (all according to apparently what the guy that wrote it himself admitted)

Axe1Plays2099

3y↑1

It doesn't matter what this song may actually be about, anyone can have their own idea on this song and if its their happy song or sad one, then so be it.

Shemp

@aidan k google mind....so simple and unsophisticated.

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Jackie Holt

5y↑382

"So come with me, we'll go and see a place called Candied Island!"

Nicholas I

3y↑1

C C Captain Knuckee?

Molly Sauer

3y↑1

Who needs candied island it’s safer at the dock

blue two productions

3y↑2

@Dexhead there talking about the misadventures of flapjack theme song listen to it you will get the reference

im gonna munch im gonna crunch

4y↑21

But there aint no streams of sodie pop that go tricklin down the rocks!

Claudia Darian

8y↑2

A woman I help take care has Alzheimer's, but if you play this song she knows almost every word. Love it! 💕

Josh

11y↑3

What i love about this song is that i can look at all the ghost pictures i want and still be cheerful!

Boco Corwin

When I was homeless and had enough money to eat and had something to drink, I’d listen to this song.

At first ironically, but after awhile it was like saying a prayer; I’d listen to it before I fell asleep.

Gaming track

I’ll listen to this song ever since I was four years old and I hope my children will hear it one day to

Nauda

3y↑1

Reminds me of my grandpa so much. He used to sing these kinda songs to me and he even showed me this movie. So glad I have fun memories of this with him. Makes me happy

jpconway1957

My Mom used to sing this song to me when I was a kid way back in the dark ages. I was delighted to hear it in the soundtrack and to know it had actually been recorded!

poetcomic1

3y↑1

"And they hung the jerk who invented work..."
I love singing that line!

Funky Kong

3y↑2

ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS MOIVE!!!!

Nick Mohr

3y↑5

Just lost my dad this was my favorite song to listen to with him
Now this is all i listen to

RyokoX37

3y↑3

My Great Grandpa use to sing this song to us when we were kids. He was born in the 1920's he didn't know his actual birthday because he was born on a farm during the winter. It was after Christmas so they simply put January. His dad lied about the year so he could get work so he really has no idea the year either. He served in WW2 in the Army and was in France and Germany for the war. When he got back because he was "too skinny" he wasn't able to become a cop so he worked at a GM plant in Flint, Michigan, and worked there for over 30 years retiring in the late 70's. He passed away in 2017, but every time I hear this song I think of him.

DD Do

I flipping love this song!!!!!!! it's calming to me

Big Chungus

I heavenly heard this in such a long time. Brings me back to good times.

SmokingCopper

I would sing this to my nephew when he was a newborn. He'd go from crying to making zero sound instantly

FoxGlove Fairy

Still & always a favorite ol' song from o' brother where art thou. Never disappoints me to hear it, feel like back a child watching the clasic movie for the first time again.

Bluie _Gacha

5y↑2

I keep repeating this music and I love it but this music reminds me of something or someone I don't know but I love this music so much I would never stop hearing this music ❤️

Steve M.

3y↑1

When I was a kid, I used to be in boy scouts. At Summercamp, Me and my friends would hang around our campsite playing card games. One of the guys named Kevin started singing this song. Immediately I went and grabbed my Harmonica, and started playing along to the tune. Became a camp favorite, Kevin even wrote down the lyrics for me. Reminds me of good times man. Still know how to play it on my Harmonica too!

Dejango

2020 and im still whistling to this on my way home

Peter Kennedy

My favourite movie of all time!! Also fair play to you all, I am loving the comments. Raise your pints all to a timeless movie :)

untolerable bees

Penny Williams

10y

Thank you, Thuslie178, for uploading this great traditional song. Reminds me of railroad hobos in the '30s -- their lives were the worst, so all they could do was dream of things like the big rock candy mountains.

Penny Williams

10y↑1

@verdebean714 Thanks, Verdebean714, for giving more details to that era. My parents were in their 20s during that time. So, I knew the outline of that general time span. Thanks for elaborating. Nice history lesson for me.

verdebean714

10y

actually it was thought to be a way of life. The choice to be a vagabond as opposed to working for nothing. This is also a testament to all the good things a hobo enjoys. Many people are jealous that one of the truly spectacular ways to see this country which is in an open train car traveling the plains, is no more. Of course it was not GREAT but there is definitely something innately Americana about the hobos.

Gracie Phillips

10y

I live this song<3 Me and my dad used to sing it all the time.

Liam Gardner

Whenever I'm depressed, I'll listen to this. It always makes my day.

Eren Kavvas

4y↑3

This is one of the best movies of all time. It makes me want to listen to some Jewel and learn to yodel.

Pyrite Search

3y↑1

I love this song!

Johnny B. Goode

5y↑34

How's my hair?
I was raised on this kind of music. My earliest recollection is being in a gin mill with my uncle. He'd sat me up on the bar and had me sing, " Halleluliah, I'm a Bum" to all the patrons. I wasn't more than 4-5 years old. This was almost 60 years ago. We were dirt poor and lived on the wrong side of the tracks, down by the mill river. But, I still have fond memories of the drunks buying me chocolate milk after I performed. It was a different time...

Royce Gresham

3y↑1

All these comments make me miss my grandpa, he and i watched o brother where art thou. It was one of his favorite movies he knew every word by heart I'm sure he lived the life back then. He used to say, stuff like cotton pickin and dad gummit or dad blasted. Wish he was still here to say all that stuff. Rip C.R.Jones

TreeTroper

3y↑1

That sounds like a better time

camkilla 375

@Kyle Herr indeed

Kyle Herr

3y↑2

I wish I could go back to those times It seems more simple

Junior The Kid

2y↑2

This song reminds me of my childhood, back when we were watching tinypop in our big and huge TVs

SansTheBee

This is a great movie! I have the soundtrack and it's great.

The Hash Slinging Slasher

2y↑2

occupyyourmnd

10y

I love this tune, it reminds me of my childhood hopping trains and just kicking around without care.

DEMOMAN

I love the natural talent older songs like this have.

That Gun

2y↑3

When you feel nostalgia for a place you've never been

OlDirtysanchez1

11y↑1

I want this song to be sang at my funeral

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