When I Get Off Of This Mountain, You Know Where I Want To Go?

Straight Down The Mississippi River, To The Gulf Of Mexico

To The Lake Charles, Louisiana, Little Bessie, Girl 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, She Defends Me

A Drunkard's Dream If I Ever Did See One



Good Luck Had Just Stung 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

That Nag To Win Came Around The Track, Me And Little Bessie Had Won



Going Up On Cripple Creek Where 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

She Tore It Up And Threw It In My Face, Just For A Laugh

Now That Just Made My Heart Throb, To The Bottom Of My Feet

And I Swore And 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



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

As That Little Sweet Thing Of Mine, Puts Her Doughnut In My Tea



I'm Going 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 There's A Flood Out In California And Up North It's Freezing Cold

And This Living Off Of The Road Is Getting Pretty Old

So I Guess I'll Call Up My Big Mama, And Tell Her I'll Be Rolling In

But You Know, Deep Down, I'm Sort Of Tempted

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