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Now old Mr. Johnson had troubles of his own,
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He had a yellow cat that wouldn't leave his home,
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He tried and he tried to get that cat away,
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Gave it to a man going far away.
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But the cat came back, the very next day,
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The cat came back, they thought she was a goner,
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But the cat came back, just wouldn't stay away.
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Now the man around the corner swore he'd kill the cat on sight,
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He loaded up his shotgun with nails and dynamite,
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He waited and he waited for the cat to come around,
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Ninety-seven pieces of the man is all they found.
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But the cat came back, the very next day,
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The cat came back, they thought she was a goner,
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But the cat came back, just wouldn't stay away.
[Verse 3]
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Gave it to a little boy with a dollar note,
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Told him for to take it up the river in a boat,
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They tied a rope around its neck it must've weighed a pound,
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Now they drag the river for the little boy that's drowned.
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But the cat came back, the very next day,
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The cat came back, they thought she was a goner,
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But the cat came back, just wouldn't stay away.
[Verse 4]
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Gave it to man going up in a balloon,
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Told him for to take it to the man on the Moon,
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The balloon came down about 90 miles away,
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Where he is now, I dare not say.
[Chorus]
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But the cat came back, the very next day,
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The cat came back, they thought she was a goner,
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But the cat came back, just wouldn't stay away.
[Verse 5]
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They gave it to a man going way out west,
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Told him for to take it to the one he loved the best,
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First, the train hit the curve, then it jumped the rail,
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Not a soul was left behind to tell the gruesome tale.
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But the cat came back, the very next day,
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The cat came back, they thought she was a goner,
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But the cat came back, just wouldn't stay away, way, way, way
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Away across the ocean he did send the cat at last,
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Vessel out alone today taking water fast,
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People all began to pray the boat began to toss,
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A great big gust of wind came by and every soul was lost.
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But the cat came back, the very next day,
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The cat came back, they thought she was a goner,
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But the cat came back, just wouldn't stay away.
[Verse 7]
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On a telegraph wire, sparrows sitting in a bunch,
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The cat was feeling hungry, thought she'd like them for a lunch,
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Climb softly up the pole, when she reached the top,
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Put her foot in the electric wire, which tied her in a knot.
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But the cat came back, the very next day,
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The cat came back, they thought she was a goner,
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But the cat came back, just wouldn't stay away.
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Now the cat was a possessor of a family of its own,
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Seven little kittens till there came a cyclone,
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Blew the house all apart and tossed the cats around,
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The air was full of kittens and not a one was found.
[Chorus]
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But the cat came back, the very next day,
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The cat came back, they thought she was a goner,
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But the cat came back, just wouldn't stay away, way, way, way
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Just wouldn't stay away.
