Bend [Ore.] Bulletin (Apr. 10, 1903):

"The editor of THE BULLETIN...being slightly indisposed, was unable to favor the company with that soulstirring [sic] ballad, 'The Big Rock Candy Mountain,'for which he was down on the program."

Post and Record (Rochester, Minn.) (May 3, 1909):

"Lariat Jack [a hobo]...was heard to sing:

Show me the bees and the cigaret trees
    And the soda water fountains
The lemonade springs where the bluebird sings
    And the big rock candy mountains."