the band
up on 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 George, Louisiana Little Bessie, girl that I once knew And she told me just to come on by If there's anything she could do  Up on Cripple Creek she sends me If I spring a leak she mends me I don't have to speak she defends me A drunkard's 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  Odds were in my favor I had him five to one When that nag came around the track Sure enough we had won  Up on Cripple Creek she sends me If I spring a leak she mends me I don't have to speak she defends me A drunkard's 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 blew it in my face Just for a laugh  Now there's one thing in the whole wide world I sure would like to see That's when that little love of mine Dips her doughnut in my tea  Up on Cripple Creek she sends me If I spring a leak she mends me I don't have to speak she defends me A drunkard's 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 can't take the way he sings But I love to hear him talk"  Now that just gave my heart a fall To the bottom of my feet And I swore and I took another pull My Bessie can't be beat  Up on Cripple Creek she sends me If I spring a leak she mends me I don't have to speak she defends me A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one  As a flood out in California And up north it's freezing cold And this living off the road Is getting pretty old  So I guess I'll call up my big mama Tell her I'll be rolling in But you know, deep down, I'm kinda tempted To go and see my sweet Bessie again  Up on Cripple Creek she sends me If I spring a leak she mends me I don't have to speak she defends me A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one