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THE CAT CAME BACK Sung by: John Harrell Recorded in Marshall, AR 6/14/63 Click here to listen to the original recording Had troubles of his own. He had an old yellow cat That wouldn't leave his home. Done everything he knew To give the cat away, But he gave him to the preacher, And he told him for to stay. Chorus: But the cat came back. I thought he was a goner, But the cat came back. The very next day The cat came back. I thought he was a goner, But the cat came back, For he wouldn't stay away. The cat, he had some company One night in the yard. Somebody throwed a bootjack; He throwed it mighty hard. Struck the cat behind the ear, And I thought it rather slight, When along come a brickbat And knocked him out of sight. (Chorus) The Italian peddler Who owned the peanut stand Had a little organ That he played with his hand. The cat, he loved the organ, So everybody said. When he played the Bumbarade (?), The cat fell dead, But his ghost came back. I thought he was a goner, But his ghost came back The very next day. His ghost came back. I thought he was a goner, But his ghost came back, For he wouldn't stay away. The man, he give the cat To a man in a balloon. He told him for to give him To a man in the moon. Balloon, it bursted, I heard some say, When seven miles away, He picked the man up dead. (Chorus) (Mr. Harrell: "That's about all of that . . ." Dr. Wolf: "I've never recorded that before." Mr. Harrell: "You never?" Dr. Wolf: "I've never recorded it.") Also found in Randolph, Vol. III, #444. |
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