Retro Lyrics

 

CATFISH JOHN

 

Mama said don't go near that river

Don't be hangin' 'round old Catfish John

Come the morning I'd always be there

Walkin' in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn

 

Take me back to another morning

To a time so long ago

When the sweet magnolias blossomed

Cotton fields as white as snow

 

Catfish John was a river hobo

Who lived and died by the river's bed

Looking back I still remember

I was proud to be his friend

 

Born a slave in the town of Vicksburg

Traded for a chestnut mare

Lord he never spoke in anger

Though his load was hard to bear

 


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