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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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When I get off of this mountain,
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you know where I want to go?
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Straight down the Mississippi river,
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To Lake Charles, Louisiana,
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little Bessie, girl that I once knew
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She told me just to come on by,
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if there's anything she could do
Chorus 1
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Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
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If I spring a leak she mends me
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I don't have to speak, she defends me
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A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
Verse 2
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Good luck had just stung me,
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to the race track I did go
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She bet on one horse to win
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and I bet on another to show
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The odds were in my favor,
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When that nag to win
came around the track,
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sure enough she had won
Chorus 2
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Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
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If I spring a leak she mends me
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I don't have to speak, she defends me
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A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
Verse 3
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I took up all of my winnings,
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and I gave my little Bessie half
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She tore it up and threw it in my face,
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Now there's one thing in the whole wide world
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That's when that little love of mine,
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dips her doughnut in my tea
Chorus 3
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Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
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If I spring a leak she mends me
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I don't have to speak, she defends me
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A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
Verse 4
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Now me and my mate were back at the shack,
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we had Spike Jones on the box
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She said, "I can't take the way he sings,
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but I love to hear him talk"
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Now that just gave my heart a throb,
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And I swore as I took another pull,
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my Bessie can't be beat
Chorus 4
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Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
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If I spring a leak she mends me
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I don't have to speak, she defends me
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A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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Now there's a flood out in California
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and up north it's freezing cold
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And this living on the road
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So I guess I'll call up my big mama,
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tell her I'll be rolling in
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to go and see my Bessie again
Chorus 5
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Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
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If I spring a leak she mends me
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I don't have to speak, she defends me
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A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
Outro 1
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[Repeat and fade]
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