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Catfish John
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Johnny Russell
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Momma said don't go near that river
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Don't be hangin' 'round old Catfish John
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Come the mornin' I'd always be there
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Walkin' in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn
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Let me dream of another mor-ornin'
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And a ti-ime so long ago
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When the sweet magnolia blossom
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Cotton fields were white as snow
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Catfish John was a river hobo
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Livin' by the river bed
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Thinkin' back, I still remember
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I was proud to be his friend
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Momma said don't go near that river
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Don't be hangin' 'round old Catfish John
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Come the mornin' I'd always be there
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Walkin' in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn
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Born a slave in the town of Vicksburg
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Traded for a chestnut mare
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But still he never spo-oke in anger
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Though his load was hard to bear
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Momma said don't go near that river
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Don't be hangin' 'round old Catfish John
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Come the mornin' I'd always be there
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Walkin' in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn
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Momma said don't go near that river
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Don't be hangin' 'round old Catfish John
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Come the mornin' I'd always be there [fade]
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