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THE CAT CAME BACK Sung by: Mrs. W.B. (Elizabeth) Apple Recorded in Huff, AR 8/27/62 Click here to listen to the original recording Old Mr. Johnson had trouble of his own. He had an old yellow cat that wouldn't leave its home. He tried in every way to give the cat away, So he gave it to the preacher, and he told it for to stay. Chorus: But the cat come back; Thought he was a goner, But the cat come back. The cat come back the very next day, The cat come back, The cat come back, The cat come back 'cause he couldn't stay away. Gave it to a railroad engineer: Take the old yellow cat away from here, But the boiler busted, so they say, And the cat come back the very next day. (Chorus with lines 5 and 6 being "The cat come back / The very next day.) Gave it to a man up in a balloon, Told him to give it to the man in the moon. The balloon busted, so they say, And the cat come back the very next day. (Chorus, as after stanza 2) (Dr. Wolf: "Where'd you learn that?" Mrs. Apple: "Have no idea where I learned it. I learned it when I was very small.") Also found in Randolph, Vol. III, #444. |
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