Catfish John Lyrics

Catfish John lyrics

Momma said don't go near that river

Don't be hangin' 'round old Catfish
John

Come the mornin' I'd always be there

Walkin' in his footsteps
in the sweet delta dawn



Let me dream of another mor-ornin'

And a ti-ime so long ago

When the sweet magnolia blossom

Cotton
fields were white as snow



Catfish John was a river hobo

Livin' by the river bed

Thinkin' back, I still remember

I was
proud to be his friend



Momma said don't go near that river

Don't be hangin' 'round old Catfish John

Come the mornin' I'd always
be there

Walkin' in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn



Born a slave in the town of Vicksburg

Traded for a chestnut mare

But still he never spo-oke in anger

Though his load was hard to
bear



Momma said don't go near that river

Don't be hangin'
'round old Catfish John

Come the mornin' I'd always be there

Walkin' in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn



Momma said
don't go near that river

Don't be hangin' 'round old Catfish John

Come the mornin' I'd always be there          [fade]