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| THE CAT CAME BACK | THE CAT CAME BACK |
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| Dar was ole Mister Johnson, he had troubles ob his own; | Old Mister Johnson had troubles of his own |
| He had an ole yaller cat that wouldn't leave its home. | He had a yellow cat which wouldn't leave its home; |
| He tried eb'ry thing he knew to keep de cat away; | He tried and he tried to give the cat away, |
| Eben sent it to de preacher, an' he tole it for to stay. | He gave it to a man goin' far, far away. |
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| But de cat came back, couldn't stay no longer, | But the cat came back the very next day, |
| Yes de cat came back de very next day; | The cat came back, we thought he was a goner |
| De cat came back - thought she were a goner, | But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away. |
| But de cat came back for it wouldn't stay away. | Away, away, yea, yea, yea |
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| 2. De cat did hab some company one night out in de yard. | The man around the corner swore he'd kill the cat on sight, |
| Some one frowed a bootjack, an' dey frowed it mighty hard, | He loaded up his shotgun with nails and dynamite; |
| Caught de cat behind de ear, she thought it rather slight, | He waited and he waited for the cat to come around, |
| When along dar comes a brickbat an' it knocked it out ob sight. | Ninety seven pieces of the man is all they found. |
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| But de cat came back, couldn't stay no longer, | But the cat came back the very next day, |
| Yes de cat came back de very next day; | The cat came back, we thought he was a goner |
| De cat came back - thought she were a goner, | But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away. |
| But de cat came back for it wouldn't stay away. | Away, away, yea, yea, yea |
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| 3. Away acrowss de ocean dey send de cat at last, | He gave it to a little boy with a dollar note, |
| Vessel only out a day and making water fast; | Told him for to take it up the river in a boat; |
| People all begin to pray, de boat begin to toss, | They tied a rope around its neck, it must have weighed a pound |
| When a nodder vessel came along and took de people off. | Now they drag the river for a little boy that's drowned. |
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| But de cat came back, couldn't stay no longer, | But the cat came back the very next day, |
| Yes de cat came back de very next day; | The cat came back, we thought he was a goner |
| De cat came back - thought she were a goner, | But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away. |
| But de cat came back for it wouldn't stay away. | Away, away, yea, yea, yea |
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| 4. On a telegraph wire sparrows sitting in a bunch; | He gave it to a man going up in a balloon, |
| Cat a feeling hungry, thought she'd like 'em for a lunch, | He told him for to take it to the man in the moon; |
| Climbing softly up de pole, an' when she reached de top | The balloon came down about ninety miles away, |
| Put her foot upon de 'lectric wire, which tied her in a knot. | Where he is now, well I dare not say. |
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| But de cat came back, couldn't stay no longer, | But the cat came back the very next day, |
| Yes de cat came back de very next day; | The cat came back, we thought he was a goner |
| De cat came back - thought she were a goner, | But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away. |
| But de cat came back for it wouldn't stay away. | Away, away, yea, yea, yea |
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| 5. One time did gib de cat away to a man in a balloon | He gave it to a man going way out West, |
| An' tole him her to gib it to de man in de moon; | Told him for to take it to the one he loved the best; |
| But de b'loon it busted, sho, an' eb'rybody sed | First the train hit the curve, then it jumped the rail, |
| It wer seben miles away or more dey picked de man up dead. | Not a soul was left behind to tell the gruesome tale. |
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| But de cat came back, couldn't stay no longer, | But the cat came back the very next day, |
| Yes de cat came back de very next day; | The cat came back, we thought he was a goner |
| De cat came back - thought she were a goner, | But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away. |
| But de cat came back for it wouldn't stay away. | Away, away, yea, yea, yea |
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| 6. De cat it were a possessor ob a fam'ly ob its own | The cat it had some company one night out in the yard, |
| Wid seben little kittens till dar comes a cyclone, | Someone threw a boot-jack, and they threw it mighty hard; |
| Blowed de houses all apart and tossed de cat around; | It caught the cat behind the ear, she thought it rather slight, |
| While de air was full ob kittens not a one was eber found. | When along came a brick-bat and knocked the cat out of sight |
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| But de cat came back, couldn't stay no longer, | But the cat came back the very next day, |
| Yes de cat came back de very next day; | The cat came back, we thought he was a goner |
| De cat came back - thought she were a goner, | But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away. |
| But de cat came back for it wouldn't stay away. | Away, away, yea, yea, yea |
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| 7. De cat it were a terror and dey said it wer de best | Away across the ocean they did send the cat at last, |
| To gib it to a n*g*#@ who was going out West. | Vessel only out a day and making water fast; |
| De train going 'round de curve struck a broken rail, | People all began to pray, the boat began to toss, |
| Not a blessed soul aboard de train wer left to tell de tale. | A great big gust of wind came by and every soul was lost. |
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| But de cat came back, couldn't stay no longer, | But the cat came back the very next day, |
| Yes de cat came back de very next day; | The cat came back, we thought he was a goner |
| De cat came back - thought she were a goner, | But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away. |
| But de cat came back for it wouldn't stay away. | Away, away, yea, yea, yea |
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| 8. A man down on de corner swore to kill de cat at sight, | On a telegraph wire, sparrows sitting in a bunch, |
| Loaded up a musket full ob nails and dynamite, | The cat was feeling hungry, thought she'd like 'em for a lunch; |
| Waited in de garden for de cat to come around; | Climbing softly up the pole, and when she reached the top, |
| Half a dozen little pieces ob de man was all dey found. | Put her foot upon the electric wire, which tied her in a knot. |
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| But de cat came back, couldn't stay no longer, | But the cat came back the very next day, |
| Yes de cat came back de very next day; | The cat came back, we thought he was a goner |
| De cat came back - thought she were a goner, | But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away. |
| But de cat came back for it wouldn't stay away. | Away, away, yea, yea, yea |
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| 9. Little boy took de cat away, he got a dollar note, | The cat was a possessor of a family of its own, |
| Took it down de ribber in a little open boat, | With seven little kittens till there came a cyclone; |
| Tied a brick around its neck an' stone about a pound; | Blew the houses all apart and tossed the cat around, |
| Now dey're grappling in de ribber for a little boy that's drowned. | The air was full of kittens, and not a one was ever found. |
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| But de cat came back, couldn't stay no longer, | But the cat came back the very next day, |
| Yes de cat came back de very next day; | The cat came back, we thought he was a goner |
| De cat came back - thought she were a goner, | But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away. |
| But de cat came back for it wouldn't stay away. | Away, away, yea, yea, yea |
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| 10. While de cat lay a-sleeping an' a-resting one day, | The atom bomb fell just the other day, |
| 'Round came an organ grinder an' he began to play; | The H-Bomb fell in the very same way; |
| De cat look'd around awhile an' kinder raised her head | Russia went, England went, and then the U.S.A. |
| When he played Ta-rah-dahboom-da-rah, an' de cat dropped dead. | The human race was finished without a chance to pray. |
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| But its ghost came back to tell you all about it; | But the cat came back the very next day, |
| Yes its ghost came back, between you and I. | The cat came back, we thought he was a goner |
| Its ghost came back, may be you will doubt it, | But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away. |
| But its ghost came back just to bid 'em all goodbye. | Away, away, yea, yea, yea |
