Burger King turned "Big Rock Candy Mountain" into an Old Navy commercial

Does this bother anyone besides me? I detest this ad campaign...

they know what that song is about?

I'm sorry to see him having to hawk whoppers.

n/t

It's in the soundtrack. Big Rock Candy Mountain is a song about a hobo paradise. I agree that it's a catchy tune, I really like the original and hate to see it made into a cheesy (pun intended) ad campaign.

One evening as the sun went down
And the jungle fires were 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 bound 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

Big Rock Candy Mountain.

That tape was my favorite when I was a kid!!

I have no idea when the song was written, but the piano book was circa 1940s.

The lyrics were similar to this:

On a summer day
In the month of May
A burly bum came hiking
Down a shady lane
Through the sugar cane
He was looking for his liking
As he roamed along
He sang a song
Of the land of milk and honey
Where a bum can stay
For many a day
And he won't need any money

Chorus:
Oh the buzzin' of the bees
In the cigarette trees
Near the soda water fountain
At the lemonade springs
Where the bluebird sings
On the big rock candy mountain



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They didn't use the word "bum" in the piano book - it was "man". They didn't use "cigarette trees" either, but I can't remember what was subsituted.

I hate, hate that ad campaign. :argh:

the author of that song was a major union supporter and wrote some famous unions songs and other songs for working people. I don't think he would approve of the low wages and lack of benefits or unions at burger kings.

Is it that BC bud that I hear about?