Old Mister Johnson had troubles of his own
He had a yellow cat that 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, they thought he was a goner
But the cat came back, it just couldn't stay away
Away, away
Can you make a cat sound?
Meow, meow, meow
So he gave it to a woman going up in a balloon
He told him for to take it to the man up in the moon
The balloon came down about 90 miles away
And where the woman is now, well, I cannot 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
Is that cat sound?
Meow, meow, meow, meow
So he gave it to a man going way out West
He told him for to take it to the one he loved the best
First the train hit the curve, then it jumped the rail
And nobody was left to tell the awful 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
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
Meow, meow, meow