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The Cat Came Back

from Mississippi Mountain Mud by Reecy Pontiff

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Traditional song from the 1880s, added onto over the decades (including the last verse, written by the one and only Reecy Pontiff).

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Well old Mr. Johnson
had a cat he couldn't keep
So he put it up for sale
for a price he thought was cheap
He took her to the neighbor's
to ask him for advice
He said, “Leave the kitty here,
she can help me with the mice.”

CHORUS:
But the cat came back
the very next day
The cat came back
He thought she was a goner
But the cat came back
She just wouldn't stay away...

So old Mr. Johnson
had problems of his own
This little yellow cat
that wouldn't leave his homestead
He tried and he tried
to keep that cat away
But the cat had come back
to stay...

Mr. Johnson found a man
who was driving way out west
He would take the cat along
as his special, honored guest
The steering wheel was wobbly
He drove into a tree
The car was just a total wreck
as anyone could see...

CHORUS

The farmer on the corner
said he'd shoot that cat on sight
So he loaded up his gun
with nails and dynamite
He hid in the garden
'til that kitty came around
97 pieces of that man
were all they ever found...

CHORUS

Mr. Johnson bought a rig
from the human cannonball
He would put the cat inside
with tri-nitro-glycerol
And when he pulled the trigger
the cannon gave a roar
The neighbors all surrendered
'Cuz the thought it was a war...

CHORUS

There's plenty out there
to bring us humans to our knees
Aliens or plague
or rampaging zombies
It may bring hope
or it may cause despair
To think that if we disappeared
somewhere out there...

CHORUS (x2)

END

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from Mississippi Mountain Mud, released October 29, 2016

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Reecy Pontiff Manitou Springs, Colorado

Reecy Pontiff is a singer/songwriter specializing in southern-fried vaudeville and Americana on the ukulele.

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