Just for a laugh
To the bottom of my feet
And this living on the road
Up on Cripple Creek, as she sends me
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
To go and see my Bessie again
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
And up North it's freezing cold
And I gave my little Bessie half
If I spring a leak, as she mends me
If I spring a leak, as she mends me
She said, "I can't take the way he sings
She told me just to come on by
To the Gulf of Mexico
Straight down the Mississippi river
We had Spike Jones on the box
But you know, deep down
And she tore it up and threw it in my face
Now that just gave my heart a throb
Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
Little Bessie, girl that I once knew
I'm kind of tempted
I don't have to speak, she defends me
To Lake Charles Louisiana
Now there's one thing in the whole wide world
Tell her I'll be rolling in
Sure enough we had won
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
Is getting pretty old
I had 'em five to one
She bet on one horse to win
When that nag to win came around the track
But I love to hear him talk"
And I bet on another to show
Dips her doughnut in my tea
So I guess, I'll call up my big mama
My Bessie can't be beat
Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
I don't have to speak, as she defends me
To the race track I did go
I don't have to speak, as she defends me
If I spring a leak, as she mends me
And I swore as I took another pull
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
I don't have to speak, as she defends me
I sure would like to see
That's when that little love of mine
The odds were in my favor
I don't have to speak, as she defends me
Now me and my mate were back at the shack
Up on Cripple Creek, as she sends me
As there's a flood out in California
Up on Cripple Creek, as she sends me
If I spring a leak, she mends me
If there's anything that she could do
If I spring a leak, she mends me
Good luck had just stung me
I took up all of my winnings
