| [00:28.14] | When I get off of this mountain |
| [00:31.71] | You know where I want to go? |
| [00:35.50] | Straight down the Mississippi river |
| [00:37.98] | To the Gulf of Mexico |
| [00:41.58] | To Lake Charles, Louisiana |
| [00:44.29] | Little Bessie, girl that I once knew |
| [00:48.54] | She told me just to come on by, if there's anything she could do |
| [00:53.29] | |
| [00:54.67] | Up on Cripple Creek she sends me |
| [00:57.97] | If I spring a leak she mends me |
| [01:01.32] | I don't have to speak, she defends me |
| [01:04.58] | A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one |
| [01:07.71] | |
| [01:11.34] | Good luck had just stung me, to the race track I did go |
| [01:18.51] | I bet on one horse to win and I bet on another to show |
| [01:24.61] | The odds were in my favor, I had 'em five to one |
| [01:31.70] | When that nag to win came around the track, sure enough I had won |
| [01:36.47] | |
| [01:37.90] | Up on Cripple Creek she sends me |
| [01:41.14] | If I spring a leak she mends me |
| [01:44.46] | I don't have to speak, she defends me |
| [01:47.83] | A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one |
| [01:51.81] | |
| [01:54.62] | I took up all of my winnings |
| [01:57.70] | And I gave my little Bessie half |
| [02:01.71] | And she tore it up and threw it in my face, just for a laugh |
| [02:07.86] | Now there's one thing in the whole wide world, I sure would like to see |
| [02:14.97] | That's when that little love of mine, dips her doughnut in my tea |
| [02:19.77] | |
| [02:21.25] | Up on Cripple Creek she sends me |
| [02:24.41] | If I spring a leak she mends me |
| [02:27.74] | I don't have to speak, she defends me |
| [02:31.06] | A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one |
| [02:34.92] | |
| [02:37.94] | Now me and my mate were back at the shack |
| [02:41.05] | We had Spike Jones on the box |
| [02:44.97] | She said, "I can't take the way he sings, but I love to hear him talk" |
| [02:51.22] | Now that just gave my heart a fall, to the bottom of my feet |
| [02:58.41] | And I swore and I took another pull, my little Bessie can't be beat |
| [03:03.32] | |
| [03:04.59] | Up on Cripple Creek she sends me |
| [03:07.82] | If I spring a leak she mends me |
| [03:11.06] | I don't have to speak, she defends me |
| [03:14.59] | A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one |
| [03:17.89] | |
| [03:34.78] | Now there's a flood out in California and up north it's freezing cold |
| [03:41.95] | And this living on the road is getting pretty old |
| [03:48.24] | I guess I'll call up my big mama, tell her I'll be rolling in |
| [03:55.04] | But deep down, I'm kind of tempted you know |
| [03:58.22] | To go and see my Bessie again. |
| [04:00.64] | |
| [04:01.59] | Up on Cripple Creek she sends me |
| [04:04.96] | If I spring a leak she mends me |
| [04:08.27] | I don't have to speak, she defends me |
| [04:11.69] | A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one |
| [04:15.44] | ~~end~~ |
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