[ti:Up On Cripple Creek (Concert Version)]
[ar:the band]
[al:The Last Waltz]
[00:01.63]When I get off of this mountain,
[00:14.64]you know where I want to go?
[00:18.78]Straight down the Mississippi river, to the Gulf of Mexico
[00:25.90]To Lake Charles, Louisiana, little Bessie,
[00:31.29]girl that I once knew
[00:33.40]She told me just to come on by,
[00:36.98] if there's anything that she could do
[00:39.80]
[00:40.30]Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
[00:45.88]If I spring a leak she mends me
[00:48.52]I don't have to speak, she defends me
[00:51.80]A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
[00:55.91]
[00:56.41]Good luck had just stung me,
[01:01.75] so to the race track I did go
[01:05.45]I bet on one horse to win
[01:09.43]and Bessie bet on another to show
[01:12.29]The odds were in my favor,
[01:15.87] you know I had 'em five to one
[01:19.70]That nag to win came around the track
[01:24.43]Me and sweet Bessie had won
[01:26.78]
[01:27.47]I'm goin' up on Cripple Creek she sends me
[01:31.27]If I spring a leak she mends me
[01:34.75]I don't have to speak, she defends me
[01:38.05]A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
[01:42.04]
[01:45.34]So picked up all of my winnings
[01:48.24]And I gave my little Bessie half
[01:52.22]She tore it up and threw it in my face
[01:56.97]Just for a laugh
[01:59.26]
[02:00.91]Now that just've made my heart drop
[02:04.25]To the bottom of my feet
[02:07.69]And I swore as I took another pull
[02:11.18]My Bessie can't be beat
[02:15.29]I'm going up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
[02:19.49]If I spring a leak, she mends me
[02:22.08]I don't have to speak, she defends me
[02:25.87]A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
[02:35.78]Yodely, yodely, yodely, yo
[02:39.33]Yodel, Yodel, Yodel Yo hoo hoo...
[02:47.75]Well now, me and my mate were back at the shack,
[02:51.10]we had Spike Jones on the box
[02:55.35]She said, "I can't take the way he sings,
[02:58.44] but I love to hear him talk"
[03:02.33]Now there's one thing in the whole wide world,
[03:06.41] I sure do love to see
[03:08.85]That's how that little sweet thing of mine,
[03:12.55]puts her doughnut in my tea
[03:16.19]
[03:16.49]I'm goin' up on Cripple Creek she sends me
[03:20.02]If I spring a leak she mends me
[03:23.81]I don't have to speak, she defends me
[03:26.81]A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
[03:30.44]
[03:34.77]There's a flood out in California
[03:37.42]and up north it's freezing cold
[03:40.86]And this a-livin' off of the road is getting pretty old
[03:48.24]So I guess I'll call up my big mama,
[03:51.72]and tell her I'll be rollin' in
[03:56.36]But you know deep down,
[03:58.20]I'm sort of tempted to go and see my Bessie again
[04:02.04]
[04:02.84]I'm goin' up on Cripple Creek she sends me
[04:06.48]If I spring a leak she mends me
[04:09.82]I don't have to speak, she defends me
[04:13.46]A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
[04:18.50]
[04:19.90]Lo, loo, hoo, loda, loda, loo hoo hoo...
[04:52.46]Yeah, yeah, you know I sure wish I could yodel
[04:56.10]
[04:57.15]I could
[04:57.60]Yodely, yodely, yodely, yo
[05:03.43]Yodel, Yodel, Yodel Yo hoo hoo...