The Cat Came Back

Cisco Houston

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Cisco Houston

Gilbert Vandine 'Cisco' Houston (August 18, 1918 – April 29, 1961) was an American folk singer and songwriter who is closely associated with Woody Guthrie due to their extensive history of recording together. more »


Year:
1994
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Well old Mr. Johnson 
Had troubles all his own
He had an old yellow cat 
That wouldn't leave home
Tried everything he knew to do 
To get the cat to stay away
Even took him up to Canada 
And told him for to stay

[Chorus]
But the cat came back, the very next day,
Thought he was a goner, but the cat came back
'Cause he wouldn't stay away

Well they give a boy a dollar 
For to set the cat afloat
And he took him up the river 
In a sack and a boat
Well the fishin' it was fine 
Till the news got around
That the boat was missing 
And the boy was drowned

[Chorus]

Well the farmer on the corner 
Said he'd shoot him on sight
And he loaded up his gun 
Full of rocks and dynamite
The gun went off, 
Heard all over town
Little pieces of the man 
Was all that they found

[Chorus]

Well they finally found a way 
This cat for to fix
They put him in an orange crate 
On Route 66
Come a ten ton truck 
With a twenty ton load
Scattered pieces of the orange crate 
All down the road

[Chorus]

Now they gave him to a man 
Going up in the balloon 
And they told him for to leave him 
With the man in the moon
Well the balloon got busted, 
Back to earth it head, 
And seven miles away 
 they picked the man up dead

[Chorus]

Well they took him to the shop 
Where the meat was ground
And they dropped him in the hopper 
When the butcher wasn't 'round
Well the cat disappeared 
With a blood-curdling shriek
And the town's meat 
Tasted furry for a week

[Chorus]

Well, they took him to Cape Canaveral 
And they put him in a place
Shot him in a U.S. rocket 
Going way out in space
Well they finally thought the cat 
Was out a' human reach
Next day they got a call 
From Miami Beach and

[Chorus]

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Written by: HARRY MILLER

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