Catfish John

Mama said don't go near that river

don't be hanging round ole Catfish John

Come the mornin' I'd always be there,

walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn

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

When the sweet magnolias blossomed cotton fields as white as snow

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

Mama said don't go near that river

don't be hanging round ole Catfish John

Come the mornin' I'd always be there,

walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn

Born a slavery down in Richmond traded for a chestnut mare

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

Mama said don't go near that river

don't be hanging round ole Catfish John

Come the mornin' I'd always be there,

walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn

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