Up On Cripple Creek (Concert Version)

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)