Candyman

Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Jerry Garcia

Written by Hunter/Garcia, and not to be confused with the Mississippi John Hurt song Candyman Blues

Come all you pretty women with your hair a-hanging down
Open up your windows, 'cause the Candyman's in town
Come on boys and gamble
Roll those laughing bones
Seven come eleven, boys, I'll take your money home

Chorus
Look out, look out, the Candyman
Here he comes and he's gone again
Pretty lady ain't got no friend
Till the Candyman comes around again

I come in from Memphis where I leant to talk the jive
When I get back to Memphis, be one less man alive
Good morning, Mister Benson
I see you're doing well
If I had me a shotgun, I'd blow you straight to hell (note a)

[chorus]

Come on boys and wager, if you have got the mind
If you've got a dollar, boys, lay it on the line
Hand me my old guitar
Pass the whiskey round
Won't you tell everybody you meet that the Candyman's in town

[chorus]

Look out, look out, the Candyman
Here he come and he's gone again
[repeat and fade]

Notes
(a) sometimes "I'd probably blow you straight to hell".

Grateful Dead Recordings
	Date	Album
	studio 1970	American Beauty
	15 Apr 1970	American Beauty (note 1) (note 3)
	18 Apr 1970	Family Dog at the Great Highway
	1 May 1970	30 Days Of The Dead (2014)
	2 May 1970	Dick's Picks Vol 8
	15 May 1970	Road Trips Vol 3 No 3 (early show)
	24 May 1970	Long Strange Trip (DVD only, on bonus disc) (note 5)
	18 Feb 1971	American Beauty (50th Anniversary Edition)
	24 Oct 1971	30 Days Of The Dead (2019)
	19 Dec 1973	30 Days Of The Dead (2022)
	24 Feb 1974	Dave's Picks Volume 13
	11 Jun 1976	June 1976 Box Set
	15 Jun 1976	June 1976 Box Set
	21 Jun 1976	Download Series Vol 4
	28 Sep 1976	Dick's Picks Vol 20
	28 May 1977	To Terrapin: Hartford '77
	7 Jun 1977	Winterland June 1977 - The Complete Recordings
	2 Nov 1977	Dave's Picks Volume 12
	5 Nov 1977	Dick's Picks Vol 34
	4 Feb 1978	30 Days Of The Dead (2012)
	6 Apr 1978	Friend Of The Devils: April 1978
	10 Apr 1978	Friend Of The Devils: April 1978
	15 Apr 1978	Dave's Picks Volume 37
	22 Apr 1978	Dave's Picks Vol 15
	5 Jul 1978	July 1978: The Complete Recordings
	7 Jul 1978	July 1978: The Complete Recordings
	16 Sep 1978	Rocking The Cradle: Egypt 1978 (CD and DVD)
	27 Oct 1979	30 Trips Around The Sun
	6 Nov 1979	Road Trips Full Show: Spectrum 11/6/79
	9 Dec 1979	Dave's Picks Vol 47
	30 Dec 1979	Road Trips Vol 3, No 1 (bonus disc)
	3 Sep 1980	Download Series Vol 7
	29 Oct 1980	Dead Set
	29 Nov 1980	30 Days Of The Dead (2013)
	7 Jul 1981	30 Days Of The Dead (2017)
	9 Dec 1981	Dave's Picks Volume 20 (note 4)
	6 Apr 1982	Road Trips Volume 4, Number 4
	31 Jul 1982	30 Trips Around The Sun
	20 Sep 1982	In And Out Of The Garden
	18 Sep 1987	30 Trips Around The Sun
	3 Oct 1987	View From The Vault III (DVD & CD soundtrack)
	8 Oct 1989	Warlocks Box
	1 Apr 1990	Spring 1990 (The Other One)
	16 Jun 1991	Giants Stadium 1987, 1989, 1991 Boxed Set

(Plus live recordings by The Dead, Furthur, Dead & Company, Ratdog, Phil Lesh & Friends etc not listed here. See Grateful Dead Family Discography for a full list.)

Other Recordings
	Date	Album	Recorded By
	2001	Built To Grass	Grass Is Dead
	2001	Live At The Green Mill	Sabertooth
	8 Feb 2006	Live At The Fillmore	Grateful Grass
	2007	At Fine Arts Center, UMass	The American Beauty Project
	2009	Acoustic Sessions Vol 1	Real Eyes
	2010	At Page Auditorium, Duke University	The American Beauty Project
	2015	Twangin' The Dead	Matt Rae
	2015	Songs Of Their Own	Guitarmageddon
	2015	Jul 2 2015, Chicago, IL	The Infamous Stringdusters and Keller Williams
	2016	Mar 22 2016, Mill Valley, CA	Jackie Greene
	2016	Day Of The Dead	Jim James & Friends
	2024	Grateful: The Music Plays The Band	Katie Skene & Andrea Whitt

Notes
(1) included as a bonus track on remastered album, first released as part of the box set The Golden Road (1965-1973)
(2) a 4 Jun 1970 Grateful Dead recording has been made available for download as an outtake from "So Many Roads (1965-1995)"
(3) also released on 30 Trips Around The Sun
(4) also released on 30 Days Of The Dead (2011)
(5) mainly rehearsals of the harmonies

Further Information
For an online discussion of the lyrics to this song see the deadsongs.vue conference on The Well.
For more information on recordings see Matt Schofield's Grateful Dead Family Discography
For information on references in the lyrics see David Dodd's Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics
For David Dodd's discussion of this song on dead.net see Greatest Stories Ever Told
For online chords and TAB see www.rukind.com
For sheet music, see:
          Grateful Dead Anthology Volume 2 (piano arrangement)
          Grateful Dead Songbook Volume 1 (piano arrangement)
          Grateful Dead (Guitar Superstar Series) (simplified guitar TAB)
          Garcia/Hunter Songbook (vocal line and chords/TAB)