The Cat Came Back
Harry S. MillerVersione della guerra fredda | |
Well old Mr. Johnson Had troubles all his own He had an old yellow cat That wouldn't leave home Tried everything he knew to do To get the cat to stay away Even took him up to Canada And told him for to stay But the cat came back, the very next day, Thought he was a goner, but the cat came back 'Cause he wouldn't stay away Well they give a boy a dollar For to set the cat afloat And he took him up the river In a sack and a boat Well the fishin' it was fine Till the news got around That the boat was missing And the boy was drowned But the cat came back, the very next day, Thought he was a goner, but the cat came back 'Cause he wouldn't stay away Well the farmer on the corner Said he'd shoot him on sight And he loaded up his gun Full of rocks and dynamite The gun went off, Heard all over town Little pieces of the man Was all that they found But the cat came back, the very next day, Thought he was a goner, but the cat came back 'Cause he wouldn't stay away Well they finally found a way This cat for to fix They put him in an orange crate On Route 66 Come a ten ton truck With a twenty ton load Scattered pieces of the orange crate All down the road But the cat came back, the very next day, Thought he was a goner, but the cat came back 'Cause he wouldn't stay away Now they gave him to a man Going up in the balloon And they told him for to leave him With the man in the moon Well the balloon got busted, Back to earth it head, And seven miles away they picked the man up dead But the cat came back, the very next day, Thought he was a goner, but the cat came back 'Cause he wouldn't stay away Well they took him to the shop Where the meat was ground And they dropped him in the hopper When the butcher wasn't 'round Well the cat disappeared With a blood-curdling shriek And the town's meat Tasted furry for a week But the cat came back, the very next day, Thought he was a goner, but the cat came back 'Cause he wouldn't stay away Well, they took him to Cape Canaveral And they put him in a place Shot him in a U.S. rocket Going way out in space Well they finally thought the cat Was out a' human reach Next day they got a call From Miami Beach and But the cat came back, the very next day, Thought he was a goner, but the cat came back 'Cause he wouldn't stay away | Old Mister Johnson had troubles of his own He had a yellow cat which wouldn't leave its 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, we thought he was a goner But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away. Away, away, yea, yea, yea The man around the corner swore he'd kill the cat on sight, 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 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, away, yea, yea, yea He gave it to a little boy with a dollar note, Told him for to take it up the river in a boat; They tied a rope around its neck, it must have weighed a pound Now they drag the river for a little boy that's drowned. 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, away, yea, yea, yea He gave it to a man going up in a balloon, He told him for 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. 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, away, yea, yea, yea He gave it to a man going way out West, Told him for to take it to the one 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. 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, away, yea, yea, yea The cat it had some company one night out in the yard, Someone threw a boot-jack, and they threw it mighty hard; It caught the cat behind the ear, she thought it rather slight, When along came a brick-bat and knocked the cat 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; it just couldn't stay away. Away, away, yea, yea, yea 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. 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, away, yea, yea, yea On a telegraph wire, sparrows sitting in a bunch, The cat was feeling hungry, thought she'd like 'em for a lunch; Climbing softly up the pole, and when she reached the top, Put her foot upon the electric wire, which tied her in a knot. 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, away, yea, yea, yea 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, and not a one was ever found. 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, away, yea, yea, yea The atom bomb fell just the other day, The H-Bomb fell in the very same way; Russia went, England went, and then the U.S.A. The human race was finished without a 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, away, yea, yea, yea |