INTRO

VERSE 1

Old Mister Johnson had troubles of his own

He had a yellow cat, that wouldn't leave his home

He tried and he tried, to give the cat away

He gave it to a man going far, far away

CHORUS

But the cat came back, the very next day

But the cat came back, they though he was a goner

but the cat came back, it just wouldn’t stay

Away hey hey hey

Away hey hey hey

VERSE 2

He gave it to a man going up in a balloon

He told him sir please take it to the man up in the moon

Balloon came down about 90 miles away

And where the man is now I dare not say

CHORUS

But the cat came back, the very next day

But the cat came back, they though he was a goner

But the cat came back, it just wouldn’t stay

Away hey hey hey

Away hey hey hey

VERSE 3

The girl around the corner said she’d scare the cat tonight

She loaded up her car, with tonnes of dynamite

She waited and she waited for the cat to come around

Ninety seven pieces of her car is all they found

CHORUS

But the cat came back, the very next day

But the cat came back, they though he was a goner

but the cat came back, it just wouldn’t stay

Away hey hey hey

Away hey hey hey

VERSE 4

Worried that the cat, would rule the human race

they put it in a rocket fired it into outer space

they cheered now the cat, was out of human reach

until they got a phone call from the cat chilled on a beach.

CHORUS

But the cat came back, the very next day

But the cat came back, they though he was a goner

but the cat came back, it just wouldn’t stay

Away hey hey hey

Away hey hey hey

Away hey hey hey

Away hey hey hey

Away