The Cat Came Back
(Pigmeat version)
Words & Music:
Harry S. Miller
This version from
"Ditties From Grany's Days" is the happiest sounding version of this
song I have found. It's becoming
my favorite.
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Old Mister Johnson had a
trouble of his own.
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He had an old alley cat that
wouldn't leave his home.
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He tried everything he knew to
give the cat away.
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He gave him to the preacher and
he told him for to stay.
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But the cat came back; they
thought he was a goner.
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But the cat came back, 'cause
he couldn't stay away.
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The cat came back; hooray for Mr.
Johnson!
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The cat came back on the very
next day.
A man on the corner swore he'd
kill the cat on sight.
He loaded up his musket with
nails & dynamite.
He waited on a corner for the
cat to come around.
But a thousand little pieces of
the man is all they found.
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Well, a little boy took him
with a forty-dollar note
To the middle of the river in a
little open boat.
He tied up around his neck the
weight of 40 pound.
Now, they fishin' in the river
for the little boy that drowned.
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Well the cat he was a terror
and they thought it was the best
To give him to a fella that was
goin' out West.
The train was goin' 'roun a
curve and struck a broken rail.
Not a single soul aboard the
train was left to tell the tale.
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Oh, Mr. Johnson gave him to a
man in a balloon.
He told him for to take it to
the Man in the Moon.
The balloon it burst and
everybody said
It was 40 miles away or more
they picked the man up dead.
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