The cat came back Now old Uncle John had troubles of his own He had an ol' yellow cat that wouldn't leave home He tried everything he knew to keep the cat away Even gave it to a preacher an' he told it for to stay But the cat came back, the cat came back I thought he was a goner but the cat came back 'Cause he wouldn't stay away Now the cat was a terror and he thought it was best To give it to a fella who was headin' out west The train went around the corner an' it hit a broken rail Not a soul aboard the train lived to tell the tale But the cat came back, the cat came back I thought he was a goner but the cat came back 'Cause he wouldn't stay away He gave the ol' cat to the man in a balloon He told him to leave it with the man in the moon The balloon it busted and everybody said Ten miles away, they picked the man up dead But the cat came back, the cat came back I thought he was a goner but the cat came back 'Cause he wouldn't stay away Now the farmer on the corner's gonna kill the cat on site He's loaded up his gun full of nails an' dynamite He waited in the garden 'til the cat came 'round Seven little pieces of the man was all they found But the cat came back, the cat came back I thought he was a goner but the cat came back 'Cause he wouldn't stay away