[Verse 1] When I get off of this mountain You know where I want to go? Straight down the Mississippi River To the Gulf of Mexico To Lake Charles, Louisiana 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] Good luck had just stung me To the race track I did go She bet on one horse to win And I bet on another to show The odds were in my favor I had 'em five to one When that nag to win came around the track Sure enough, she 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] I took 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 there's one thing in the whole wide world I sure would like to see That's when that little love of mine Dips her doughnut in my tea He-he! [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 4] 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 that just gave my heart a throb To the bottom of my feet And I swore as I took another pull 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 [Interlude] No-no, hu-hu Lodl-lodl-lodl-uh-hu No-no-hu Lodl-lodl-lodl-uh-hu [Verse 5] Now there's a flood out in California And up north it's freezing cold And this living on the road is getting pretty old So I guess I'll call up my big mama Tell her I'll be rolling in But you know deep down, I'm kind of tempted To go and see my Bessie again [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 [Outro] No-no, hu-hu Lodl-lodl-lodl-uh-hu No-no-hu Lodl-lodl-lodl-uh-hu No-no-hu Lodl-lodl-lodl-uh-hu No-no-hu Lodl-lodl-lodl-uh-hu