Up On Cripple Creek (The Band cover)
original by: The Band
original by: The Band
from The NOLA Treblemakers: Early Don't Mean Dull! (2026 February 21) (4:03)
When I get off 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 that I once knew
She told me just to come on by if there's anything she could do
Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
If I spring a leak, she mends me
I don't have to speak cuz she defends me
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
Good luck had just stung me, to the racetrack 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, me and little Bessie had won
Oh, up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
If I spring a leak, she mends me
I don't have to speak cuz 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 do like to see
That's how that little sweet thing of mine dips her donut in my tea
Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
If I spring a leak, she mends me
I don't have to speak cuz she defends me
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
Now there's a flood out in California and up north it's freezing cold
And this living off the road is gettin gettin 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
Goin up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
If I spring a leak, she mends me
I don't have to speak cuz she defends me
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one, go!
Yes sir I'm goin up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
If I spring a leak, she mends me
I don't have to speak cuz she defends me
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
No no ooh hoo, lololo ooh hoo
No no ooh hoo, lololo ooh hoo
No no ooh hoo, lololo ooh hoo
No no ooh hoo, lololo ooh hoo
Straight down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico
To Lake Charles, Louisiana, little Bessie girl that I once knew
She told me just to come on by if there's anything she could do
Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
If I spring a leak, she mends me
I don't have to speak cuz she defends me
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
Good luck had just stung me, to the racetrack 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, me and little Bessie had won
Oh, up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
If I spring a leak, she mends me
I don't have to speak cuz 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 do like to see
That's how that little sweet thing of mine dips her donut in my tea
Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
If I spring a leak, she mends me
I don't have to speak cuz she defends me
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
Now there's a flood out in California and up north it's freezing cold
And this living off the road is gettin gettin 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
Goin up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
If I spring a leak, she mends me
I don't have to speak cuz she defends me
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one, go!
Yes sir I'm goin up on Cripple Creek, she sends me
If I spring a leak, she mends me
I don't have to speak cuz she defends me
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
No no ooh hoo, lololo ooh hoo
No no ooh hoo, lololo ooh hoo
No no ooh hoo, lololo ooh hoo
No no ooh hoo, lololo ooh hoo
earliest live performance: 2025 February 18