[00:07.78]When I get off of this mountain
[00:11.34]You know where I want to go
[00:14.91]Straight down the Mississippi river
[00:17.55]To the Gulf of Mexico
[00:21.13]To Lake George, Louisiana
[00:24.00]Little Bessie, girl that I once knew
[00:28.20]And she told me just to come on by
[00:30.79]If there's anything she could do
[00:33.03]
[00:51.50]Good luck had just stung me
[00:54.12]To the race track I did go
[00:58.30]She bet on one horse to win
[01:01.17]And I bet on another to show
[01:04.59]Odds were in my favor
[01:07.69]I had him five to one
[01:11.72]When that nag came around the track
[01:14.67]Sure enough he had won
[01:16.41]
[01:34.56]I took up all of my winnings
[01:37.48]And I gave my little Bessie half
[01:41.63]And she tore it up and blew it in my face
[01:44.48]Just for a lauge
[01:47.77]Now there's one thing in the whole wide world
[01:51.01]I sure would like to see
[01:54.81]That's when that little love of mine
[01:57.44]Dips her doughnut in my tea
[01:59.35]
[02:17.60]Now me and my mate were back at the shack
[02:20.89]We had Spike Jones on the box
[02:24.70]She said, "I can't take the way he sings
[02:27.24]But I love to hear him talk"
[02:30.98]Now that just gave my heart a fall
[02:34.03]To the bottom of my feet
[02:38.13]And I swore and I took another pull
[02:41.01]My Bessie can't be beat
[02:42.29]
[03:14.04]Now, it's hot in California
[03:17.20]And up north it's pretty cold
[03:21.29]And this living off the road
[03:24.24]Is getting pretty old
[03:27.18]So I guess I'll call up my big mama
[03:30.46]Tell her I'll be rolling in
[03:34.24]Bet you know, deep down, I'm kinda tempted
[03:37.44]To see my sweet Bessie again
[03:39.66]
[03:40.53][02:44.38][02:00.89][01:17.90][00:34.38]Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
[03:44.00][02:47.66][02:04.22][01:21.32][00:37.67]If I spring a leak she mends me
[03:47.33][02:50.87][02:07.46][01:24.57][00:41.14]I don't have to speak she defends me
[03:50.58][02:54.23][02:10.68][01:27.72][00:44.36]A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
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