Here's a Columbia Original Masters recording by Mississippi John Hurt:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc7PxjWa0Ww
Here are lyrics for the song, posted in another thread by Spaw and corrected here by Joe:
CANDY MAN BLUESAll you ladies all gather 'round
That good sweet candy man's in town
It's the candy man
It's the candy man
He likes a stick of candy just nine inch long
He sells as fast a hog can chew his corn
It's the candy man
It's the candy man
All heard what Sister Johnson said
She always takes a candy stick to bed
It's the candy man
It's the candy man
Don't stand close to the candy man
He'll ease a big candy stick in your hand
It's the candy man
It's the candy man
He sold some candy to Sister Bad
The very next day she took all he had
It's the candy man
It's the candy man
If you try his candy, good friend of mine,
You sure will want it for a long long time
It's the candy man
It's the candy man
His stick candy don't melt away
It just gets better, so the ladies say
It's the candy man
It's the candy man
Here's the Traditional Ballad Index entry on this song:
Candy Man
DESCRIPTION: Blues, often bawdy, about the exploits of the Candy Man. The candy man's candy almost certainly gets its possessors in trouble, but many still seek it.
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1928 (recording, Mississippi John Hurt)
KEYWORDS: nonballad bawdy floatingverses
FOUND IN: US(SE)
REFERENCES (2 citations):
Darling-NAS, p. 298, "Candy Man Blues" (1 text)
DT, SALTYDOG
RECORDINGS:
Mississippi John Hurt "Candy Man Blues" (OKeh 8654, 1929 (rec. 1928); on MJHurt01, MJHurt02) (on MJHurt03); "Candy Man" (on MJHurt04)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Salty Dog" (assorted references)
NOTES: Neither text nor melody of this is fixed; it may not be one song (but with blues, who can really tell?). - RBW
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