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R: Goin' up Cripple Creek goin' in a run
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Goin' up Cripple Creek to have little fun.
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Goin' up cripple creek goin in a whirl
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Goin' up Cripple Creek , see my girl
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1. I got a gal at the head of the creek
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goin up to see her bout the middle of the week
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kiss her on the mouth just as sweet as wine
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wraps herself around me like a sweet potato vine
R:
2. I got a girl and she loves me
She's as sweet as sweet can be
She's got eyes of baby blue
Makes my gun shoot straight and true.
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3. Cripple Creek's wide and Cripple Creek's deep
I'll wade old Cripple Creek before I sleep
Roll my breeches to my knees
I'll wade ol' Cripple Creek when I please
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4. I went down to Cripple Creek
To see what them girls had to eat
I got drunk and fell against the wall
Old corn likker was the cause of it all
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5. Girls up cripple creek bout half grown
jump on a man like a dog on a bone
Roll my breeches to my knees
I'll wade ol' Cripple Creek when I please
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