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



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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...



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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...



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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...



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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...



Chorus:



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...



Chorus:



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