Big Rock Candy Mountain - O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

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"Big Rock Candy Mountain", first recorded by Harry McClintock in 1928, is a folk music song about a hobo's idea of paradise, a modern version of the medieval concept of Cockaigne. It is a place where "hens lay soft boiled eggs" and there are "cigarette trees." McClintock claimed to have written the song in 1895, based on tales from his youth hoboing through the United States, but some believe that at least aspects of the song have existed for far longer. The vintage track of 1928 was played during the ouverture of the film, O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000).