The Cat Came Back

	  		
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Now, just like everybody, you've got troubles of your own, 
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But let me tell you, mister, of the sorrow I have known. 
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I had an old, gray cat that I couldn't bear to keep. 
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He spent the nights a-howlin' and he wouldn't let me sleep. 


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So I put him in a box and I tied it up quite well. 
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I had some fellas help me and I paid them not to tell. 
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They put it in a boxcar, the westbound 710. 
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The train pulled away and was never seen again. 


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But the cat came back the very next day. 
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Yes, the cat came back and he wouldn't stay away. 
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Meow, kitty. Meow, so pretty. 
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Meow, such a pity, but the cat came back. 


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We took him to the harbor and we put him on a ship. 
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We bid him, "Bon voyage," for that oceanic trip. 
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The captain was obliging and glad to help us out. 
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They tied him to the anchor so that there could be no doubt. 


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Well, we heard the sad report of that mighty storm at sea 
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And, though it may sound heartless, I was happy as can be. 
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The paper said the ship went down beneath a heavy gale 
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And not a single soul was left to tell the awful tale. 


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But the cat came back the very next day. 
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Yes, the cat came back and he wouldn't stay away. 
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Meow, kitty. Meow, so pretty. 
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Meow, such a pity, but the cat came back. 


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Then we gave him to a scientist destined for the moon. 
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The cat was used for ballast in an outer space balloon. 
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I guess you know what happened, that balloon is up there still 
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And early that next morning, guess what came across the hill. 



Meow, that's right. 


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Now, everyone in town was sworn to shoot that cat on sight. 
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With that crazy cat around, you couldn't sleep at night. 
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We even formed a posse just to hunt that critter down. 
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You could hear the guns a-blazin' as we ran him out of town. 


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But the cat came back the very next day. 
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Yes, the cat came back and he wouldn't stay away. 
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Meow, kitty. Meow, so pretty. 
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Meow, such a pity, but the cat came back. 


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Here's the moral to our story: When looking for a friend,  
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If you get an old, gray cat, he's yours until the end. 
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You'll never drag him off, no matter what you do. 
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Bear in mind this dreadful tale that we have told to you. 


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But the cat came back the very next day. 
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Yes, the cat came back and he wouldn't stay away. 
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Meow, kitty. Meow, so pretty. 
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Meow, such a pity, but the cat came back.