Old Mister Johnson had troubles of his own He had an old yellow cat that couldn’t leave his home He gave it to a preacher, and told it for to stay But the cat came back, the very next day.
 Chorus:
 O , the cat came back when they thought he was a goner, O, the cat came back, cause he couldn’t stay away, O, the cat came back, cause he couldn’t stay no longer, O, the cat came back, the very next day.
 Old Mister Johnson thought it would be best So he gave him to a *man who was going way out West, The train, going round a curve, struck a broken rail And not a man that board that train was left to tell the tale.
 Chorus:O, the cat came back when they thought he was a goner, O, the cat came back, cause he couldn’t stay away, O, the cat came back, cause he couldn’t stay no longer, O, the cat came back, the very next day.
 Old Mister Johnson thought he’d shoot him out of sight So he loaded up his musket with nails and dynamite, He laid around the corner ’til the cat came around But a half a dozen pieces of the man was all they found. 
Chorus:O, the cat came back when they thought he was a goner, O, the cat came back, cause he couldn’t stay away, O, the cat came back, cause he couldn’t stay no longer, O, the cat came back, the very next day.
 Mister Johnson gave him to a man in a balloon And told him for to give him to the man up in the moon, The balloon, it bursted, so the people say, And pieces of the man was found a thousand miles away. 
Chorus:O, the cat came back when they thought he was a goner, O, the cat came back, cause he couldn’t stay away, O, the cat came back, cause he couldn’t stay no longer, O, the cat came back, the very next day. 
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