Cripple Creek
The Band? I would like to know what are the lyrics to ” Up on Cripple Creek”?
I know there are two versions to this song. I would like the least popular version and maybe some info on which of them was released first. 
Thanx!
When I get off of this mountain
You know where I want to go
Straight down the Mississippi river
To the Gulf of Mexico
/ A – / D – / A D / E – /
To Lake Charles, Louisiana
Little Bessie, girl that I once knew
And she told me just to come on by
If there’s anything she could do
{Refrain}
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
/ A – / D – / E – / F#m G – - /
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
Odds were in my favor
I had him five to one
When that nag to win came around the track
Sure enough he had won
{Refrain}
I took up all of my winnings
And I gave my little Bessie half
And she tore it up and blew 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
{Refrain}
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 fall
To the bottom of my feet
And I swore as I took another pour
My Bessie can’t be beat
{Refrain}
Lo, lo, oo hoo…
Now, there’s a flood out in California
And up north it’s freezing cold
And this living off 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 kinda tempted
To go and see my Bessie again
{Refrain}
Lo, lo, oo hoo..
Up On Cripple Creek – The Band (The Band 5 of 10)
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