Editing The Big Rock Candy Mountains (section)

==Recordings==
* Immediately after [[Harry McClintock]] record, in November 1928, [[Ernie Hare]] recorded the song as Hobo Jack Turner.
* [[Vernon Dalhart]] and Company recorded this as The Big Rock Candy Mountains, on Edison Diamond Disc No. 52472-L, in February 1929.  This version is now available on cylinder record, released in November 2016 by the Vulcan Cylinder Record Company.
* A version of the song was recorded by [[Pete Seeger]] for [[Folkways Records]] in 1957 (Track 2, Side 2 in the American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1 LP).
* [[Bing Crosby]] included the song in a medley on his album ''[[101 Gang Songs]]'' (1961)
* [[The New Christy Minstrels]] did a version of the song, which was included in a special compilation by Columbia Records of children's songs.
* [[Roger Whittaker]] performed a version of this tune on his 1975 children's album [[The Magical World of Roger Whittaker]] 
* [[The Beat Farmers]] recorded a version on their 1985 studio album [[Tales of the New West]] 
* The song was used in the 1987 film ''[[Ironweed (film)|Ironweed]]'' and sung by [[Tom Waits]].
* Musician [[Tom Chapin]] included a children's version of the song on his 1988 album ''Family Tree''.
* [[Larry Groce]] sang the song on ''[[Disney Children's Favorite Songs 4]]'' in 1990.
* [[Red Grammer]] sang it on ''Favorite Sing-Along Songs.''
* Hudson Shad, an acapella group, recorded a version in their 2002 album, [https://www.discogs.com/release/18523108-Hudson-Shad-Wandrin-Stars ''Wand’rin’ Stars''.]
* [[Lisa Loeb]] sang a kid's version of the song on her 2004 children's album ''[[Catch the Moon]]''.
* In his 2004 album ''The Nifty Mervous Thrifty'', [[Muck Sticky]] covered this song.
* A version of the song was recorded by [[The Restarts]], a punk band from London, England.
* In 2014, [[The Okee Dokee Brothers]] recorded a more family-friendly version of the song for their album ''Through the Woods'', replacing references to alcohol and whiskey with chocolate and marmalade, for example.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.okeedokee.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Through-the-Woods-Lyrics-New.pdf |title=Through the Woods: An Appalachian Adventure Album |website=Okee Dokee.org |type=pdf |access-date=January 16, 2016}}</ref>

===Other renditions===
* The song was used in a 1981 showtape at [[Chuck E. Cheese|Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre]] restaurants.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harmony Howlette's Wild West Show - Showtape Review |url=https://www.showbizpizza.com/review/ptt/1981_harmony1.html |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=www.showbizpizza.com}}</ref>

*The song was used in a 2005 [[Burger King]] commercial, although the lyrics were changed to reference the Burger King [[TenderCrisp]] Bacon Cheddar Ranch sandwich. In the commercial almost all of the promises of the song are shown in detail. [[Darius Rucker]] appears as the cowboy singing the song. [[Brooke Burke]] also appears as a cowgirl.
*Comedian [[Sarah Silverman]] sang a version on ''[[The Sarah Silverman Program]]'' in the episode "There's No Place Like Homeless".
*The song was sung by [[Harry Dean Stanton]] in his role as Roman Grant in the HBO series ''[[Big Love]]''.
*Singer-songwriter [[Bruce Hornsby]] has occasionally used the song as an intro to his song "Candy Mountain Run" in live performances.
*[[Natalie Maines]] of [[The Chicks]] sang a version of the song on the 2016 episode "[[Gal of Constant Sorrow]]"  of the television show ''[[The Simpsons]]'', with references to characters on the show.