Up on Cripple Creek

<br>Up on cripple creek<br><br><br><br><br><br>When I get off of this mountain<br><br><br><br>You know where I want to go<br><br><br><br>Straight down the mississippi river<br><br><br><br>To the gulf of mexico<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>To lake charles, louisiana<br><br><br><br>Little bessie, a girl that I once knew<br><br><br><br>And she told me just to come on by<br><br><br><br>If theres anything she could do<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>{refrain}<br><br><br><br>Up on cripple creek she sends me<br><br><br><br>If I spring a leak she mends me<br><br><br><br>I dont have to speak she defends me<br><br><br><br>A drunkards dream if I ever did see one<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Good luck had just stung me<br><br><br><br>To the race track I did go<br><br><br><br>She bet on one horse to win<br><br><br><br>And I bet on another to show<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Odds were in my favor<br><br><br><br>I had him five to one<br><br><br><br>When that nag to win came around the track<br><br><br><br>Sure enough he had won<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>{refrain}<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>I took up all of my winnings<br><br><br><br>And I gave my little bessie half<br><br><br><br>And she tore it up and blew it in my face<br><br><br><br>Just for a laugh<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Now theres one thing in the whole wide world<br><br><br><br>I sure would like to see<br><br><br><br>Thats when that little love of mine<br><br><br><br>Dips her doughnut in my tea<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>{refrain}<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Now me and my mate were back at the shack<br><br><br><br>We had spike jones on the box<br><br><br><br>She said, &quot;i cant take the way he sings<br><br><br><br>But I love to hear him talk&quot;<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Now that just gave my heart a fall<br><br><br><br>To the bottom of my feet<br><br><br><br>And I swore as I took another pull<br><br><br><br>My bessie cant be beat<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>{refrain}<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Now, its hot in california<br><br><br><br>And up north its freezing cold<br><br><br><br>And this living off the road<br><br><br><br>Is getting pretty old<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>So I guess Ill call up my big mama<br><br><br><br>Tell her Ill be rolling in<br><br><br><br>Bet you know, deep down, Im kinda tempted<br><br><br><br>To go and see my bessie again<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>{refrain}