The Cat Came Back
Harry S. Miller
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1. Old man 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 give the cat away
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   Gave it to a man going far, 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 he was a goner
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   The cat came back, he just wouldn’t stay away
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   Oh no! No no! No, no, no, no! No, no!

2. The man around the corner swore he’d shoot that cat on site,
   He loaded up his gun with nails and dynamite.
   He waited and he waited for the cat to come around
   Ninety-seven pieced of the man was all they found

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3. He gave it to a man going up in a balloon
   Told him for to take it to the man in the moon.
   The balloon came down about ninety miles away
   Where he is now, they dare not say.

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4. Gave it to a little boy with a dollar note.
   Told him for to take it to the river in a boat.
   Tied a rope around its neck, it must have weighed a ton.
   Now they drag the river for the little boy that drowned.

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5. Gave it to a man, going way out west.
   Told him for to take to the girl he loved the best.
   First the train hit the curve, then it jumped the rail
   Not a soul was left behind to tell the gruesome tale.

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6. The atom bomb fell just the other day.
   The H-bomb fell in the very same way.
   Russia went, China Went, then the U.S.A.
   The human race was finished, without a chance to prey.

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