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up on cripple creek (concert version) - the band lyrics

[verse 1]
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, a little bessie girl that i once knew
she told me just to come on by if there’s anything she could do

[chorus]
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

[verse 2]
a good luck had just stung me, so to the racetrack i did go
i bet on one horse to win and bessie bet on another to show
the odds went in my favour, you know i had ’em five to one
and that nag to win came around the track, me and sweet bessie had won

[chorus]
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

[verse 3]
so i picked 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 as i took another pour my bessie can’t be beat
[chorus]
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

[break]
(yodelling)

[verse 4]
well 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
that’s how that little sweet thing of mine puts her donut in my tea

[chorus]
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

[verse 5]
there’s a flood out in california and the north is 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 to go and see my bessie again
[chorus]
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

[break]
(yodelling)
yeah yeah, you know i sure wish i could yodel like her
(yodelling)

- the band lyrics

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