[00:28.14]When I get off of this mountain
[00:31.71]You know where I want to go?
[00:35.50]Straight down the Mississippi river
[00:37.98]To the Gulf of Mexico
[00:41.58]To Lake Charles, Louisiana
[00:44.29]Little Bessie, girl that I once knew
[00:48.54]She told me just to come on by, if there's anything she could do
[00:53.29]
[00:54.67]Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
[00:57.97]If I spring a leak she mends me
[01:01.32]I don't have to speak, she defends me
[01:04.58]A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
[01:07.71]
[01:11.34]Good luck had just stung me, to the race track I did go
[01:18.51]I bet on one horse to win and I bet on another to show
[01:24.61]The odds were in my favor, I had 'em five to one
[01:31.70]When that nag to win came around the track, sure enough I had won
[01:36.47]
[01:37.90]Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
[01:41.14]If I spring a leak she mends me
[01:44.46]I don't have to speak, she defends me
[01:47.83]A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
[01:51.81]
[01:54.62]I took up all of my winnings
[01:57.70]And I gave my little Bessie half
[02:01.71]And she tore it up and threw it in my face, just for a laugh
[02:07.86]Now there's one thing in the whole wide world, I sure would like to see
[02:14.97]That's when that little love of mine, dips her doughnut in my tea
[02:19.77]
[02:21.25]Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
[02:24.41]If I spring a leak she mends me
[02:27.74]I don't have to speak, she defends me
[02:31.06]A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
[02:34.92]
[02:37.94]Now me and my mate were back at the shack
[02:41.05]We had Spike Jones on the box
[02:44.97]She said, "I can't take the way he sings, but I love to hear him talk"
[02:51.22]Now that just gave my heart a fall, to the bottom of my feet
[02:58.41]And I swore and I took another pull, my little Bessie can't be beat
[03:03.32]
[03:04.59]Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
[03:07.82]If I spring a leak she mends me
[03:11.06]I don't have to speak, she defends me
[03:14.59]A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
[03:17.89]
[03:34.78]Now there's a flood out in California and up north it's freezing cold
[03:41.95]And this living on the road is getting pretty old
[03:48.24]I guess I'll call up my big mama, tell her I'll be rolling in
[03:55.04]But deep down, I'm kind of tempted you know
[03:58.22]To go and see my Bessie again.
[04:00.64]
[04:01.59]Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
[04:04.96]If I spring a leak she mends me
[04:08.27]I don't have to speak, she defends me
[04:11.69]A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
[04:15.44]~~end~~