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Thread #4571 Message #2083669
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
21-Jun-07 - 10:55 PM
Thread Name: Origins: The Big Rock Candy Mountain(s)
Subject: RE: Big Rock Candy Mountain--Burle Ives' version
The song taken from Bruce O's old website, "An Invitation to Lubberland," appears in John Masefield, 1906, "A Sailor's Garland," as "Ho, for Lubberland!" A few words are different, but otherwise the same as posted by Joe.