When I get off of this mountain, you know where I wanna go

Straight down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico

To Lake Charles, Louisiana, Little Bessie, girl I once knew

She told me just to come on by if there's anything that she could do

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

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

And that nag to win came around the track

Sure enough, we had won

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

I took up all of my winnings, and I gave my little Bessie half

And 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, hee-hee

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

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

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

No, no, ooh-whoo

Loddle-loddle-loddle-whoo

No, loddle-loddle-whoo

Loddle-loddle-loddle-whoo

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 rollin' in

But you know, deep down I'm kinda tempted

To go and see my Bessie again

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

No, no, whoo

Loddle-loddle-loddle-whoo

No, loddle-loddle-wooh

Loddle-loddle-loddle-whoo

No, no, wooh

Loddle-loddle-wooh

Loddle-loddle-wooh

Loddle-loddle-ooh