The Cat Came Back

Old Mister Johnson had troubles of his own
He had a yellow cat that wouldn’t leave his home;
He tried and he tried to give the cat away,
He gave it to a man goin’ far, far away.

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But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; he couldn’t, no he wouldn’t stay away
ay, ay, ay, stay away

The man around the corner swore he’d kill that cat on sight
Loaded up his shotgun with nails and dynamite.
He waited and he waited for the cat to come around,
Ninety-seven pieces of the man is all they found.

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He gave it to a man going up in a balloon,
He told him for to take it to the man in the moon;
The balloon came down about ninety miles away,
Where the balloon is, well… I can’t say

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He gave it to a man going way out West,
Told him for to take it to the gal he loved the best;
First the train hit the curve, then it jumped the rail,
Not a soul was left behind to tell the gruesome tale.

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