Traditional American banjo tune with words just for kids!!

This tune comes from the deep hollows of Appalachia and is in the "Clawhammer" banjo style. It a great tune for kids to hear "American roots" music and to get up and dance.

Cripple Creek

I know a kid at the head of the Creek. Gone up to see her about the middle of the week. She likes to play, she likes to have fun. Gone up to cripple Creek. Gone in a run.

Gone up to cripple Creek. Gone in a run. Gone up to cripple Creek, to have a little fun.
Gone up to cripple Creek. Gone in a whirl. Gone up to cripple Creek, to see that little girl.

Kids on cripple Creek they are so free. Jump in your lap like a squirrel from a tree.
We like to hold them when they're feeling bad. Laugh when you're happy and cry when you're sad.

Gone up to cripple Creek. Gone in a run. Gone up to cripple Creek, to have a little fun.
Gone up to cripple Creek. Gone in a whirl. Gone up to cripple Creek, to see that little girl.

Cripple Creek is wide and it is deep. I'm going to wade old cripple Creek before I sleep.
The roads are rocky and the hillsides are muddy. I am walking fast, I am walking steady.

Gone up to cripple Creek. Gone in a run. Gone up to cripple Creek, to have a little fun.
Gone up to cripple Creek. Gone in a whirl. Gone up to cripple Creek, to see that little girl.