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Up on Cripple Creek Lyrics: 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...
Cripple Creek Lyrics by Bill Monroe from the Kentucky Bluegrass album- including song video, artist biography, translations and more: I got a gal at the head of the creek Goin up t' see her 'bout the middle of the week Kiss her on the mouth, just as s…
29 lis 2023 · ‘Up On Cripple Creek’ is one of The Band’s most famous songs. Robbie Robertson talks about the track and its allusive lyrics.
"Cripple Creek" is an Appalachian-style old time tune and folk song, often played on the fiddle or banjo, listed as number 3434 in the Roud Folk Song Index. The lyrics are probably no older than the year 1900, and the tune is of unknown origin.
Up on Cripple Creek Lyrics by The Band from the Time Life Presents the 60s album- including song video, artist biography, translations and more: When I get off of this mountain You know where I want to go Straight down the Mississippi river To the Gulf of Mexic…
Cripple Creek Lyrics. 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.
Lyrics and music. Drawing upon the Band's musical roots— the American South, American rock and roll, and bluegrass/country—the song is sung from the point of view of a truck driver who goes to Lake Charles, Louisiana, to stay with a local girl, Bessie, with whom he has a history.
