Songs For My Own Enjoyment: Cripple Creek

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Hey I got a gal at the head of the creek  

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Go up to see her 'bout the middle of the week  

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Kiss her on the mouth, just as sweet as any wine  

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Wraps herself around me like a sweet pertater vine  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek, goin' on a run  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek, to have a little fun  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek, goin' in a whirl  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek to see my girl  

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Now the girls on the Cripple Creek 'bout half grown  

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Jump on a boy like a dog on a bone  

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Roll my britches up to my knees  

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I'll wade old Cripple Creek whenever I please  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek, goin' on a run  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek, to have a little fun  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek, goin' in a whirl  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek to see my girl  

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Cripple Creek's wide and Cripple Creek's deep  

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I'll wade old Cripple Creek afore I sleep  

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Roads are rocky and the hillside's muddy  

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And I'm so drunk that I can't stand steady  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek, goin' on a run  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek, to have a little fun  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek, goin' in a whirl  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek to see my girl  

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Kids up on Cripple Creek they so free  

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Jump on your lap like a squirrel up a tree  

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We hold on tight when things feel bad  

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Laugh when you're happy and cry when you're sad  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek, goin' on a run  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek, to have a little fun  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek, goin' in a whirl  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek to see my girl  

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One time it rained 'bout a week or more  

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I never saw such mud before  

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We ran 'round naked like little greased pigs  

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Stood on our heads and danced a jig  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek, goin' on a run  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek, to have a little fun  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek, goin' in a whirl  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek to see my girl  

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When grandma died at a hundred and two  

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We danced and we sang like she asked us to  

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Folks drove in from miles around  

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To help lay grandma in the ground  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek, goin' on a run  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek, to have a little fun  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek, goin' in a whirl  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek to see my girl  

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Loving you is so easy  

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Cuz I love you and you love me  

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If I had all the gold on earth  

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It still wouldn't touch what a good friend's worth  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek, goin' on a run, goin' up Cripple Creek, to have a little fun  

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Goin' up Cripple Creek, goin' in a whirl, goin' up Cripple Creek to see my girl