Letras
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 Lake Charles, Louisiana
Little Bessie, girl that I once knew
And she told me just to come on by
If there's anything that 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 racetrack I did go
She bet on one horse to win
And I bet on another to show
The odds were in my favour
I had him five to one
When that nag to win came around, the track
Sure enough, we 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
Well, I took up all of my winnings
And I gave my little Bessie half
She tore it up and blew it in my face
Just for a laugh
Now there's just one thing in the whole wide world
I would like to see
That's in that little love of mine
She 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 we head back at the shack
We got Spike Jones on the box (come on)
She said, "I can't take the way he sings
But I love to hear him talk"
Now that just gave my heart a fall
To the bottom of my feet
And I swore as I took another pull
My Bessie can't be beat
Oh Lord, she can't
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
Up north, it's freezing cold
And this living on 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, yeah
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
No, no
Lo, lo, lo
No, no
Lo, lo, lo
No, no
Lo, lo, lo
No, no
Lo, lo, lo
No, no
Lo, lo, lo
No, no
Lo, lo, lo