Up on Cripple Creek:The Band.
#25 in 1970. Album - The Band.

#1.
             
When I get off

              
 of this mount

         
ain, you know 

where I want t

o go?
             
Straight down 

             
the Mississipp

              
i river, to th

  
e Gulf of Mexi

co.
             
To Lake Charle

              
s, Louisiana, 

       
little Bessie,

 girl that I o

nce knew.
             
She told me ju

             
st to come on 

              
by, if there's

 
 anything she 

can do.

CHORUS:

Up on Cripple 

Creek she send

s me..

if I spring a 

leak she mends

 me.

I don't have t

o speak, she d

efends me..
           
a drunkard's d

          
ream if I ever

 did see one.

#2.
             
Good luck had 

              
just stung me,

        
 to the race t

rack I did go.
             
She bet on one

              
 horse to win 

      
and I bet on a

nother to show

.
             
The odds were 

              
in my favor, I

 
 had 'em five 

to one..
             
when that, nag

             
 to win, came 

              
around the tra

    
ck, sure enoug

h we had won.

CHORUS:

Up on Cripple 

Creek she send

s me..

if I spring a 

leak she mends

 me.

I don't have t

o speak, she d

efends me..
           
a drunkard's d

          
ream if I ever

 did see one.

#3.
             
I took up all 

              
of my winnings

        
, and I gave m

y little Bessi

e half.
             
And she tore i

             
t up and threw

              
 it in my face

  
, just for a l

augh.
             
Now, there's j

              
ust one thing 

              
in the whole w

             
ide world, I s

ure would like

 to see..
             
that's when th

             
at goooood lov

              
e of mine, dip

      
s her doughnut

 in my tea. He

e, hee.

CHORUS:

Up on Cripple 

Creek she send

s me..

if I spring a 

leak she mends

 me.

I don't have t

o speak, she d

efends me..
           
a drunkard's d

          
ream if I ever

 did see one.

#4.
             
Now, me and my

              
 mate were bac

              
k at the shack

         
, we had Spike

 Jones on the 

box.
             
She said, "I c

              
an't take the 

             
way he sings, 

      
but I love to 

hear him talk.

"
             
Now, that just

              
 gave my heart

              
 a throb, to t

   
he bottom of m

y feet.
             
And I swore as

             
 I took anothe

           
r pull, my Bes

sie can’t be b

eat.

CHORUS:

Up on Cripple 

Creek she send

s me..

if I spring a 

leak she mends

 me.

I don't have t

o speak, she d

efends me..
           
a drunkard's d

          
ream if I ever

 did see one.

             
Loooow, looow,

            
 hoo..loodle, 

              
loodle, loodle

 
 hooo.
             
Loooow, looow,

            
 hoo..loodle, 

              
loodle, loodle

 
 hooo.

#5.
             
There's a floo

              
d out in Calif

              
ornia, and up 


North it's fre

ezing cold.
             
And this, livi

             
ng on the road

     
, is getting p

retty old.
             
So, I guess, I

              
'll call up my

              
 big mama, tel

       
l her I'll be 

rolling in.
             
But you know, 

              
deep down, I'm

 
 kind of tempt

ed,
   
to go and see 

my Bessie, aga

in.

CHORUS:

Up on Cripple 

Creek she send

s me..

if I spring a 

leak she mends

 me.

I don't have t

o speak, she d

efends me..
           
a drunkard's d

          
ream if I ever

 did see one.

OUTRO:
             
Loooow, looow,

            
 hoo..loodle, 

              
loodle, loodle

 
 hooo.
             
Loooow, looow,

            
 hoo..loodle, 

              
loodle, loodle

 
 hooo.
             
Loooow, looow,

            
 hoo..loodle, 

              
loodle, loodle

 
 hooo.
             
Loooow, looow,

            
 hoo..loodle, 

              
loodle, loodle

 
 hooo.


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