Now old Mr. Johnson had troubles of his own He had a yellow cat which 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.
But the cat came back the very next day, The cat came back, they thought he was a goner But the cat came back; he just couldn't stay away.
Now the man around the corner swore he'd shoot that cat on sight, So he loaded up his shotgun 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.
But you know the cat came back the very next day, The cat came back, they thought he was a goner But the cat came back; he just couldn't stay away.
So he gave it to a man going up in a balloon, He told him to give it to the man in the moon; The balloon cam down about ninety miles away, Where the man is today I cannot say.
But you know the cat came back the very next day, The cat came back, they thought he was a goner But the cat came back; he just couldn't stay away.
So he gave it to a man going way out West, He told him to give it to the one he loved best, First the train hit a curve, then it jumped the rail, Not a soul's alive to tell that gruesome tail.
But you know whant? The cat came back the very next day, The cat came back, they thought he was a goner But the cat came back; he just couldn't stay away.
Now the cat was a possessor of a family of its own, With seven little kittens till there came a cyclone; Blew the houses all apart and tossed the cat around, The air was full of kittens, but not a one was ever found.
The cat came back the very next day, The cat came back, they thought he was a goner But the cat came back; he just couldn't stay away.
The cat came back the very next day, The cat came back, they thought he was a goner But the cat came back; he just couldn't stay away.