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CAT COME BACK (THE CAT CAME BACK) Sung by: Orville McInturff Recorded in Marshall, AR 8/6/62 Click here to listen to the original recording And they thought it was a-best To give him to a nigger Who was going way out west. The train was going 'round the curve; It struck a broken rail; Not a single passenger was left to tell the tale. Chorus: But the cat come back, 'Cause he wouldn't stay no longer; The cat come back. Along come a little boy, And with a dollar note Send him down the river in his little oaken boat. Tied a brick around his neck; It weighed about a pound, They grabbed him in the river For the little boy was drowned. (Chorus) Along come a man Going up in a balloon. Told him to present him To the man in the moon. The balloon got busted, So the paper said. Six or seven miles away, they picked the man up dead. (Chorus) Also found in Randolph, Vol. III, #444, "The Cat Came Back." |
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