The Cat Came Back (song)

The Cat Came Back

Lyrics

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Oh old Mister Johnson had troubles of his own
He had a yellow cat that wouldn't leave its home;
He tried and he tried to give the cat away,
He gave it to a man goin' far, far away.

But the cat came back the very next day,
Oh, the cat came back, yeah, they thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; he just couldn't stay away.
Away, away, ay

Can you make a cat sound? Meow! Meow! Meow!

So he gave it to a woman going up in a balloon,
He told her for to take it to the man up in the moon;
The balloon came down about ninety miles away,
And where the woman is now, well I cannot say!

But the cat came back the very next day,
Yeah, the cat came back, they thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; he just couldn't stay away.
Away, away, yay

There's that cat sound: Meow! Meow! Meow!

So he gave it to a man going way out West,
He told him for to take it to the one he loved the best;
First the train hit the track, then it jumped the rail,
And nobody was left to tell the awful tale.

But the cat came back the very next day,
Oh, the cat came back, they thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; he just couldn't stay away.
Away, away, ay

The cat came back the very next day,
Oh, the cat came back, they thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; he just couldn't stay away.
Away, away, ay

Meow!

Songwriters: Harry Miller

The Cat Came Back lyrics © EMI Music Publishing