A hobo riding the rails stops at a place called Utopia. The moment he disembarks, a policeman chases him. But the wily hobo escapes the angry cop; and soon he's quietly enjoying a cigarette butt. Luck puts him within sight of a lady setting a pie out on a windowsill. The hobo wants to steal it, but first he must outwit a mean-tempered bulldog. Later, it's time for a bouncing-ball sing-along, featuring "Big Rock Candy Mountain," which describes a hobo's fantasy world: cigarette trees abound, handouts grow on bushes and bulldogs have rubber teeth. The moon obligingly acts as the bouncing ball for the first part of the song; the hobo himself takes up its duties for the last part.