Dickey Lee - Catfish John Lyrics

Mama said don't go near that river don't be hanging round ol' Catfish John

Come the mornin' I'd always be there

Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn



Let me dream of another mornin' and the time so long ago

When the sweet magnolias blossomed cottonfields were white as snow

Catfish John was a river hobo living by the river bend

Thinkin' back I still remember I was proud to be his friend

Mama said don't go near that river...

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Born a slave in the town on Vicksburg traded for a chestnut mare

Still he never spoke in anger though his load was hard to bear

Mama said don't go near that river...

So let me dream of another mornin' mhm mhm mhm mhm

Cottonfields were white as snow mhm mhm mhm mhm