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When I get off of this mountain |
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You know where I want to go? |
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Straight down the Mississippi river |
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To the Gulf of Mexico |
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To Lake Charles, Louisiana |
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Little Bessie, girl that I once knew |
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She told me just to come on by, if there's anything she could do |
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Up on Cripple Creek she sends me |
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If I spring a leak she mends me |
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I don't have to speak, she defends me |
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A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one |
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Good luck had just stung me, to the race track I did go |
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I bet on one horse to win and I bet on another to show |
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The odds were in my favor, I had 'em five to one |
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When that nag to win came around the track, sure enough I had won |
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Up on Cripple Creek she sends me |
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If I spring a leak she mends me |
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I don't have to speak, she defends me |
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A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one |
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I took up all of my winnings |
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And I gave my little Bessie half |
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And she tore it up and threw it in my face, just for a laugh |
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Now there's one thing in the whole wide world, I sure would like to see |
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That's when that little love of mine, dips her doughnut in my tea |
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Up on Cripple Creek she sends me |
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If I spring a leak she mends me |
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I don't have to speak, she defends me |
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A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one |
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Now me and my mate were back at the shack |
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We had Spike Jones on the box |
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She said, "I can't take the way he sings, but I love to hear him talk" |
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Now that just gave my heart a fall, to the bottom of my feet |
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And I swore and I took another pull, my little Bessie can't be beat |
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Up on Cripple Creek she sends me |
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If I spring a leak she mends me |
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I don't have to speak, she defends me |
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A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one |
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Now there's a flood out in California and up north it's freezing cold |
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And this living on the road is getting pretty old |
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I guess I'll call up my big mama, tell her I'll be rolling in |
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But deep down, I'm kind of tempted you know |
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To go and see my Bessie again. |
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Up on Cripple Creek she sends me |
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If I spring a leak she mends me |
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I don't have to speak, she defends me |
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A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one |
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