The Cat Came Back

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

But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; he just couldn't stay away,
Away, Miaow! Miaow! Miaow!

The man around the corner swore he'd kill the cat on sight,
He loaded up his gun with nails and dynamite;
He waited and he waited for the cat to come around,
Ninety seven pieces of the man is all they found, all they found.

But the cat came back...

He gave it to a man going up in a balloon,
He told him to take it to the man in the moon;
The balloon came down about ninety miles away,
Where he is now, well I dare not say, dare not say.

But the cat came back...

He gave it to a man going way out West,
He told him to give it to the one that he loved best;
The train hit the curve, and then it jumped the rail,
No soul was left behind to tell the gruesome tale, gruesome tale.

But the cat came back....

The cat it had some company one night out in the yard.
Someone threw a boot jack, and they threw it might hard;
It caught the cat behind the ear, she thought it rather slight,
When along came a brick-bat and knocked her out of sight, out of sight.

But the cat came back....

Away across the ocean they did send the cat at last,
Vessel only out a day and making water fast;
People all began to pray, the boat began to toss,
A great big gust of wind came by and every soul was lost, soul was lost.

But the cat came back....

The cat was a possessor of a family of its own,
With seven little kittens till there came a great cyclone;
Blew the houses all part and tossed the cat around,
The air was full of kittens, and not one was ever found, ever found.

But the cat came back....

The atom bomb fell just the other day,
The H-Bomb fell in the very same way;
Australia went and England went, and then the U.S.A.
The human race was finished without a chance to pray, chance to pray.

But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.
Away, miaow, miaow, miaow!.

Harry S. Miller