Up On Cripple Creek-The Band

[00:00.00] When I get off of this mountain [00:10.68]You know where I want to go [00:14.46]Straight down the Mississippi river [00:17.13]To the Gulf of Mexico [00:20.70]To Lake Charles Louisiana [00:23.58]Little Bessie, girl that I once knew [00:27.99]She told me just to come on by [00:30.48]If there's anything that she could do [00:34.11]Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me [00:37.71]If I spring a leak, she mends me [00:41.01]I don't have to speak, as she defends me [00:44.16]A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one [00:51.03]Good luck had just stung me [00:53.73]To the race track I did go [00:58.14]She bet on one horse to win [01:00.81]And I bet on another to show [01:04.32]The odds were in my favor [01:07.41]I had 'em five to one [01:11.43]When that nag to win came around the track [01:14.49]Sure enough we had won [01:17.91]Up on Cripple Creek, as she sends me [01:21.27]If I spring a leak, as she mends me [01:24.54]I don't have to speak, as she defends me [01:27.72]A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one [01:34.35]I took up all of my winnings [01:37.26]And I gave my little Bessie half [01:41.43]And she tore it up and threw it in my face [01:44.46]Just for a laugh [01:47.58]Now there's one thing in the whole wide world [01:51.24]I sure would like to see [01:54.63]That's when that little love of mine [01:57.36]Dips her doughnut in my tea [02:01.14]Up on Cripple Creek, as she sends me [02:04.41]If I spring a leak, as she mends me [02:07.68]I don't have to speak, as she defends me [02:10.86]A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one [02:14.58]Now me and my mate were back at the shack [02:20.61]We had Spike Jones on the box [02:24.57]She said, "I can't take the way he sings [02:27.39]But I love to hear him talk" [02:30.93]Now that just gave my heart a throb [02:34.17]To the bottom of my feet [02:38.07]And I swore as I took another pull [02:40.92]My Bessie can't be beat [02:44.52]Up on Cripple Creek, as she sends me [02:47.85]If I spring a leak, as she mends me [02:51.09]I don't have to speak, as she defends me [02:54.27]A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one [03:14.10]As there's a flood out in California [03:17.25]And up North it's freezing cold [03:21.36]And this living on the road [03:24.27]Is getting pretty old [03:27.09]So I guess, I'll call up my big mama [03:30.48]Tell her I'll be rolling in [03:33.87]But you know, deep down [03:35.79]I'm kind of tempted [03:37.50]To go and see my Bessie again [03:41.10]Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me [03:44.46]If I spring a leak, she mends me [03:47.76]I don't have to speak, she defends me [03:50.97]A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one