Up on Cripple Creek

I took up all of my winnings
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
As there's a flood out in California
Just for a laugh
The odds were in my favor
But you know, deep down

If I spring a leak, she mends me
Straight down the Mississippi river
I don't have to speak, as she defends me

If there's anything that she could do
She told me just to come on by
Up on Cripple Creek, as she sends me
I don't have to speak, she defends me
To the race track I did go

To Lake Charles Louisiana
I don't have to speak, as she defends me
I don't have to speak, as she defends me

Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
If I spring a leak, as she mends me
Now that just gave my heart a throb
She bet on one horse to win
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
I sure would like to see
Now there's one thing in the whole wide world
And I swore as I took another pull
And this living on the road
And I gave my little Bessie half

That's when that little love of mine
To go and see my Bessie again
Dips her doughnut in my tea
And I bet on another to show
To the bottom of my feet
Little Bessie, girl that I once knew
Is getting pretty old
Now me and my mate were back at the shack
Tell her I'll be rolling in
My Bessie can't be beat
If I spring a leak, as she mends me
I'm kind of tempted
Up on Cripple Creek, as she sends me
And up North it's freezing cold
I don't have to speak, as she defends me
But I love to hear him talk"
To the Gulf of Mexico
And she tore it up and threw it in my face
If I spring a leak, she mends me
Good luck had just stung me
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
I had 'em five to one
She said, "I can't take the way he sings
Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me

When that nag to win came around the track
So I guess, I'll call up my big mama
We had Spike Jones on the box

Sure enough we had won
If I spring a leak, as she mends me
Up on Cripple Creek, as she sends me
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one