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Follow the misadventures of Old Mr. Johnson and his yellow cat as they navigate various hilarious attempts to part ways. This whimsical story highlights the unbreakable bond between a man and his feline companion.
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THE CAT CAME BACK • Old Mr. Johnson had trouble all his own. • He had a yellow cat that wouldn't leave his home. • He tried in every way to keep that cat away, • Took him up to Canada and told him for to stay, • But the cat came back the very next day, • The cat came back, we thought he was a goner • But the cat came back; just couldn't stay away. • Now the cat had company out in the back yard, • Somebody threw a boot and they threw it awful hard. • Hit the cat behind the ear ever so slight, • And down came a brick and drove him out of sight, but • The cat came back the very next day. • The cat came back, we thought he was a goner, • But the cat came back; just couldn't stay away.
THE CAT CAME BACK (Page 2) • Ten miles away they picked a man in a ballon, but • He told him for to take it to the man in the moon; • The balloon came down about ninety miles away, • And where the man is, I dare not say. • But the cat came back the very next day, • The cat came back, thought he was a goner, • But the cat came back; just couldn't stay away. • On a telephone wire birds were sitting in a bunch, • Saw them up there & said he'd have 'em for his lunch. • Climbed softly up the pole until he reached the top, • Put his foot upon the wire & it gave him quite a shock, • But the cat came back the very next day.The cat came back, we thought he was a goner, • But the cat came back; just couldn't stay away.
THE CAT CAME BACK (Page 3) • At last they found a way for this cat to really fix, • They put him in an orange crate on highway 66. • Come a ten-ton truck with a twenty-ton load, • Scattered pieces of the orange crate miles down the road, • But the cat came back the very next day, • The cat came back, thought he was a goner. • But the cat came back; just couldn't stay away. • So I put him in a box and I tied it up quite well. • I had some fellows help me and I paid them not to tell. • We put it in a boxcar, the west-bound 7:10. • The train pulled away and was never seen again. • But the cat came back the very next day, • The cat came back, thought he was a goner. • But the cat came back; just couldn't stay away.
THE CAT CAME BACK (Page 4) • So I took him to the harbor and I put in on a ship.I bid him bon voyage for that oceanic trip!The captain was obligin’, glad to help us out, • Tied him to the anchor so that there could be no doubt! • But he cat came back the very next day, • The cat came back, thought he was a goner, • But the cat came back; just couldn't stay away. • So Old Mr. Johnson's story unfolds, • A tale about a cat and the story is old. • The reason why the cat just couldn't stay away • There were seven little kittens meowing in the hay, but • The cat came back the very next day. • The cat came back, thought he was a goner, • But the cat came back; just couldn't stay away.