Old Mister Johnson had troubles of his own

He had a yellow cat that wouldn't leave it's 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 we thought he was a goner

But the cat came back it just couldn't stay away

Away away yea yea yea

So he gave it to a woman going up in a balloon

He told him for to take it to the man in the moon

The balloon came down about ninety miles away

Where the balloon is where I can't 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 yea yea yea

So he gave it to a man going way out West

Told him for to take it to the one he loved the best

First the train hit the curve then it jumped the rail

Not a soul was left behind to tell the gruesome 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 yea yea yea