Cat Came Back

The cat came back

Now old Uncle John had troubles of his own

He had an ol' yellow cat that wouldn't leave home

He tried everything he knew to keep the cat away

Even gave it to a preacher an' he told it for to stay

But the cat came back, the cat came back

I thought he was a goner but the cat came back

'Cause he wouldn't stay away

Now the cat was a terror and he thought it was best

To give it to a fella who was headin' out west

The train went around the corner an' it hit a broken rail

Not a soul aboard the train lived to tell the tale

But the cat came back, the cat came back

I thought he was a goner but the cat came back

'Cause he wouldn't stay away

He gave the ol' cat to the man in a balloon

He told him to leave it with the man in the moon

The balloon it busted and everybody said

Ten miles away, they picked the man up dead

But the cat came back, the cat came back

I thought he was a goner but the cat came back

'Cause he wouldn't stay away

Now the farmer on the corner's gonna kill the cat on site

He's loaded up his gun full of nails an' dynamite

He waited in the garden 'til the cat came 'round

Seven little pieces of the man was all they found

But the cat came back, the cat came back

I thought he was a goner but the cat came back

'Cause he wouldn't stay away