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Old Mister Johnson had troubles of his own
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He had a yellow cat which wouldn't leave his home
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He tried and he tried to give the cat away
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He gave it to a man goin' far, far away
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But the cat came back the very next day
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The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
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But the cat came back - it just couldn't stay
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Awaaaayyyyy
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The farmer on the corner swore he'd kill the cat on sight
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He loaded up his shotgun with nails and dyna-mite
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He waited in the garden for the cat to come a-round
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Ninety seven pieces of the man is all they found
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He gave it to a man with a dollar note
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He took him up the river in a boat
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The boat turned over and was never found
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Now they drag the river for a man that's drowned
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He gave it to a man going up in a balloon
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Told him to take it to the man on the moon
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The ballon came down about 90 miles away
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Now they drag the river for a man that's drowned
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Where he is now, I dare not say.
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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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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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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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Climbed 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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Now the cat was a possessor of a family of his own,
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With seven little kittens and along came a cyclone.
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Blew the houses all apart and tossed the cat around,
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The air was full of kittens and not a one was found.
