Hi, Rose - there's a Revels CD called John Langstaff Sings Jackfish and More Songs For Singing Children. that CD has a cut called "Cripple Creek Girls," and I'm sure it's suitable for children.

Check the crosslinks above for other versions of "Cripple Creek."

-Joe Offer-

---

Here's the Traditional Ballad Index entry for "Cripple Creek II," as collected in the southern Appalachians by Cecil Sharp:

Cripple Creek (II) (Buck Creek Girls)

DESCRIPTION: "Buck Creek girl, don't you want to go to Cripple Creek? Cripple Creek girl, don't you want to go to town?" (x2). Alternately, "Buck Creek girls, don't you want to go to Somerset? Somerset girl, don't you want to go to town?"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1918
KEYWORDS: nonballad travel
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Sharp/Karpeles-80E 64, "Cripple Creek" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #3434
RECORDINGS:
Banjo Bill Cornett, "Buck Creek Girls" (on MMOK, MMOKCD)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Buck Creek Gal
Notes: Not to be confused with the fiddle tune/old time dance of the same name ("Going up to Cripple Creek..."). - RBW
File: SKE64

---

Go to the Ballad Search form
Go to the Ballad Index Instructions

The Ballad Index Copyright 2005 by Robert B. Waltz and David G. Engle.

---

Here' are the complete lyrics from Eighty English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians Collected by Cecil J. Sharp and Maud Karpeles:

Cripple Creek

Buck Creek girl, don't you want to go to Cripple Creek?
Cripple Creek girl, don't you want to go to town?
Buck Creek girl, don't you want to go to Cripple Creek?
Cripple Creek girl, don't you want to go to town?


Alternative Version:

Buck Creek girls, don't you want to go to Somerset?
Somerset girl, don't you want to go to town?
Buck Creek girls, don't you want to go to Somerset?
Somerset girl, don't you want to go to town?

---

Click to play

Not much to it, is there?

---

Sample Here (click)