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