Dickey Lee - Catfish John lyrics

CATFISH JOHN

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CHORUS: Mama said don't go near that river

G D

don't be hanging round ole Catfish John

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Come the mornin' I'd always be there,

G D G

walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn

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V1: Take me back to another home to a time so long ago

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When the sweet magnolias blossomed cotton fields as white as snow

v2: Catfish John was a river hobo living down by the river's bend

Thinkin' back I still remember I was proud to be his friend

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[ instrumental]

V 3: Born a slavery down in Richmond traded for a chestnut mare

Still he never spoke in anger though his load was hard to bear

(CHORUS) 2x and tag