When l get off
of this mountain
You know where
I wanna go
Straight down the
Mississippi River
to the Gulf of Mexico
To Lake
Charles Louisiana
A little messenger
that I once knew
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
'cause she defends me
A drunkard's dream
if I ever did see one
My good luck
had disowned me
So to the race
track I did go
I bet on one
horse to win
And Bessie bet
on another to show
The odds were
in my favor
You know I
had 'em five to one
And that nag to win
came around the track
Me and sweet
Bessie had won
I'm goin' up on Cripple
Creek she sends me
If I spring a leak
she mends me
I don't have to speak
'cause she defends me
A drunkard's dream
if I ever did see one
Yodelo ooo ooo
Yodelodelo ooo ooo oh
Yodelo ooo ooo
Yodelodelo ooo ooo
Well 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 there's one thing
in the whole wide world
I sure do love to see
That's how that little
sweet thing of mine
puts a 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
'cause she defends me
A drunkard's dream
if I ever did see one
There's a flood out in
California and up
north it's freezin' cold
I guess this livin'
off of the road
is gettin' pretty old
So I guess I'll call
up my big mamma
And tell her
I'll be rollin' in
'Cause you know deep
down I'm sorta tempted
to go and see
my Bessie again
I'm goin' up on Cripple
Creek she sends me
If I spring a leak
she mends me
I don't have to speak
cause she defends me
A drunkard's dream
if I ever did see one
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