An Invitation to Lubberland

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Template:Short description Template:More citations needed "An Invitation to Lubberland" was a broadside ballad first printed in 1685. Many believe Template:Who that it inspired the hobo ballad which formed the basis of the song "The Big Rock Candy Mountains" recorded in 1928 by Harry McClintock. Lubberland is the Swedish name for Cockaigne, land of plenty in medieval myth.

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Sung to the tune of Billy and Molly or The Journey-man Shoemaker by Daniel Cooper.

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