upon cripple Creek
When I get off of this mountain
You know where I want to go
Straight down the Mississippi river
To the Gulf of Mexico
To Lake Charles Louisiana
Little Bessie, girl that I once knew
She told me just to come on by
If theres anything that she could do
Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
If I spring a leak, she mends me
I dont have to speak, as she defends me
A drunkards dream if I ever did see one
Good luck had just stung me
To the race track I did go
She bet on one horse to win
And I bet on another to show
The odds were in my favor
I had em five to one
When that nag to win came around the track
Sure enough we had won
Up on Cripple Creek, as she sends me
If I spring a leak, as she mends me
I dont have to speak, as she defends me
A drunkards dream if I ever did see one
I took up all of my winnings
And I gave my little Bessie half
And she tore it up and threw it in my face
Just for a laugh
Now theres one thing in the whole wide world
I sure would like to see
Thats when that little love of mine
Dips her doughnut in my tea
Up on Cripple Creek, as she sends me
If I spring a leak, as she mends me
I dont have to speak, as she defends me
A drunkards dream if I ever did see one
Now me and my mate were back at the shack
We had Spike Jones on the box
She said, 'I cant take the way he sings
But I love to hear him talk'
Now that just gave my heart a throb
To the bottom of my feet
And I swore as I took another pull
My Bessie cant be beat
Up on Cripple Creek, as she sends me
If I spring a leak, as she mends me
I dont have to speak, as she defends me
A drunkards dream if I ever did see one
As theres a flood out in California
And up North its freezing cold
And this living on the road
Is getting pretty old
So I guess, Ill call up my big mama
Tell her Ill be rolling in
But you know, deep down
Im kind of tempted
To go and see my Bessie again
Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
If I spring a leak, she mends me
I dont have to speak, she defends me
A drunkards dream if I ever did see one