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