Well old Mr Johnson

Had troubles all his own

He had an old yellow cat

That wouldn't leave home

Tried everything he knew

To get the cat to stay away

Even took him up to Canada

And told him for to stay

But the cat came back

The very next day

He thought he was a goner

But the cat came back

'Cause he wouldn't stay away

Well they give a boy a dollar

For to set the cat afloat

And he took him up the river

In a sack and a boat

Now the fishin' it was fine

Till the news got around

That the boat was missing

And the boy was drowned

But the cat came back

The very next day

He thought he was a goner

But the cat came back

'Cause he wouldn't stay away

Well the farmer on the corner

Said he'd shoot him on sight

And he loaded up his gun

Full of rocks and dynamite

The gun went off

Heard all over town

Little pieces of the man

Was all that they found

But the cat came back

The very next day

He thought he was a goner

But the cat came back

'Cause he wouldn't stay away

Now they gave him to a man

Going up in the balloon

And they told him for to leave him

With the man in the moon

The balloon need busted

Back to earth it head

Seven miles away

They picked the man up dead

But the cat came back

The very next day

He thought he was a goner

But the cat came back

'Cause he wouldn't stay away

Well they finally found a way

This cat for to fix

They put him in an orange crate

On Route sixty-six

Come a ten ton truck

With a twenty ton load

Scattered pieces of the orange crate

All down the road

But the cat came back

The very next day

He thought he was a goner

But the cat came back

'Cause he wouldn't stay away

Well they took him to the shop

Where the meat was ground

And they dropped him in the hopper

When the butcher wasn't 'round

Well the cat disappeared

With a blood-curdling shriek

And the town's meat

Tasted furry for a week

But the cat came back

The very next day

He thought he was a goner

But the cat came back

'Cause he wouldn't stay away

And from Cape Canaveral

And they put him in a place

Shot him in a rocket

Going way out in space

And they finally thought the cat

Was out of human reach

Next day they got a call

From Miami Beach

But the cat came back

The very next day

He thought he was a goner

But the cat came back

'Cause he wouldn't stay away