When I get off of this mountain
You know where I want to go
Straight down the Mississippi river
To the Gulf of Mexico

To Lake Charles, Louisiana
Little Bessie, girl that I once knew
And she told me just to come on by
If there's anything she could do

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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
So to the race track I did go
I bet on one horse to win
And Bessie bet on another to show.

The odds were in my favor
You know I had him five to one
That nag to win came around the track
Me and little Bessie had won.

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So I pick up all of my winnings
And I gave my little Bessie half
She tore it up and blew it in my face
Just for a laugh

Now that justa made my heart drop
To the bottom of my feet
And I swore as I took another pour
My Bessie can't be beat

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Lo, lo, oo hoo...

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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 there's one thing in the whole wide world
I sure do love to see
That's how that sweet thing of mine
Puts her doughnut in my tea

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Lo, lo, oo hoo...

Now, there's a flood out in California
And up north it's freezing cold
And this living off of the road
Is getting pretty old

So I guess I'll call up my big mama
Tell her I'll be rolling in
But you know, deep down, I'm sorta tempted
To go and see my Bessie again

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Lo, lo, oo hoo..

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