I'm talking about the regular old Cripple Creek - "I've got a gal at the head of the creek, goin' up to see her 'bout half past the week/Cripple Creek wide and Cripple Creek deep, goin' wade Cripple Creek 'fore I sleep..."

I'm more curious about the tune than any set of words - even if the words date to the Colorado gold rush, was the tune in use before that?