Up On Cripple Creek - Remastered 2000

When I 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
 Little Bessie, girl that I once knew
 And 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, she defends me
 A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
 Good luck had just stung me
 To the race track I did go
 She bet on one horse to win
 And I bet on another to show
 The odds were in my favor
 I had 'em five to one
 And that nag to win came around the track
 Sure enough, she had won
 Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
 If I spring a leak, she mends me
 I don't have to speak, she defends me
 A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
 I took up all of my winnings
 And I gave my little Bessie half
 And she tore it up and blew it in my face
 Just for a laugh
 Now there's one thing in the whole wide world
 I sure would like to see
 That's when that little love of mine
 Dips her 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, she defends me
 A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
 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 that just gave my heart a throb
 To the bottom of my feet
 And I swore as I took another pull
 My Bessie can't be beat
 Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
 If I spring a leak, she mends me
 I don't have to speak, 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 freezing cold
 And this living off the road is getting pretty old
 So I guess I'll call up my big mama
 Tell her I'll be rolling in
 But you know deep down, I'm kinda tempted
 To go and see my Bessie again
 Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
 If I spring a leak, she mends me
 I don't have to speak, she defends me
 A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
 When I 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
 Little Bessie, girl that I once knew
 And 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, she defends me
 A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
 Good luck had just stung me
 To the race track I did go
 She bet on one horse to win
 And I bet on another to show
 The odds were in my favor
 I had 'em five to one
 And that nag to win came around the track
 Sure enough, she had won
 Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
 If I spring a leak, she mends me
 I don't have to speak, she defends me
 A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
 I took up all of my winnings
 And I gave my little Bessie half
 And she tore it up and blew it in my face
 Just for a laugh
 Now there's one thing in the whole wide world
 I sure would like to see
 That's when that little love of mine
 Dips her 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, she defends me
 A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
 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 that just gave my heart a throb
 To the bottom of my feet
 And I swore as I took another pull
 My Bessie can't be beat
 Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
 If I spring a leak, she mends me
 I don't have to speak, 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 freezing cold
 And this living off the road is getting pretty old
 So I guess I'll call up my big mama
 Tell her I'll be rolling in
 But you know deep down, I'm kinda tempted
 To go and see my Bessie again
 Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
 If I spring a leak, she mends me
 I don't have to speak, she defends me
 A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
 When I 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
 Little Bessie, girl that I once knew
 And 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, she defends me
 A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
 Good luck had just stung me
 To the race track I did go
 She bet on one horse to win
 And I bet on another to show
 The odds were in my favor
 I had 'em five to one
 And that nag to win came around the track
 Sure enough, she had won
 Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
 If I spring a leak, she mends me
 I don't have to speak, she defends me
 A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
 I took up all of my winnings
 And I gave my little Bessie half
 And she tore it up and blew it in my face
 Just for a laugh
 Now there's one thing in the whole wide world
 I sure would like to see
 That's when that little love of mine
 Dips her 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, she defends me
 A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
 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 that just gave my heart a throb
 To the bottom of my feet
 And I swore as I took another pull
 My Bessie can't be beat
 Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
 If I spring a leak, she mends me
 I don't have to speak, 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 freezing cold
 And this living off the road is getting pretty old
 So I guess I'll call up my big mama
 Tell her I'll be rolling in
 But you know deep down, I'm kinda tempted
 To go and see my Bessie again
 Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
 If I spring a leak, she mends me
 I don't have to speak, she defends me
 A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
 When I 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
 Little Bessie, girl that I once knew
 And 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, she defends me
 A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
 Good luck had just stung me
 To the race track I did go
 She bet on one horse to win
 And I bet on another to show
 The odds were in my favor
 I had 'em five to one
 And that nag to win came around the track
 Sure enough, she had won
 Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
 If I spring a leak, she mends me
 I don't have to speak, she defends me
 A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
 I took up all of my winnings
 And I gave my little Bessie half
 And she tore it up and blew it in my face
 Just for a laugh
 Now there's one thing in the whole wide world
 I sure would like to see
 That's when that little love of mine
 Dips her 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, she defends me
 A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
 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 that just gave my heart a throb
 To the bottom of my feet
 And I swore as I took another pull
 My Bessie can't be beat
 Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
 If I spring a leak, she mends me
 I don't have to speak, 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 freezing cold
 And this living off the road is getting pretty old
 So I guess I'll call up my big mama
 Tell her I'll be rolling in
 But you know deep down, I'm kinda tempted
 To go and see my Bessie again
 Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
 If I spring a leak, she mends me
 I don't have to speak, she defends me
 A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one