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.

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 2)

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 3)

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. THE CAT CAME BACK (Page 4)