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
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
Drunkard's dream, if I ever did see one
Good luck had just stung me
To the race track I did go
She bet on one horse to win
And I bet on another to show
Said the odds were in my favor
I had 'em five to one
When that nag to win came around the track
Sure enough we had won
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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
There's one thing in the whole wide world
I sure would like to see
That's when that little love of mine
Dips a doughnut in my tea
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Me and my mates 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 the way he talks"
Now that just gave my heart a throb
To the bottom of my feet
And I swore as I took another pull
My Bessie can't be beat
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There's a flood out in California
And up north it's freezing cold
And this living off the road
Is getting pretty old
I guess I'll call up my big mama
Tell her I'll be rolling in
But you know, deep down
I'm kind of tempted
To go and see my Bessie again
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