Catfish John lyrics

Song information

Artist: Dickey Lee
Album: Ashes Of Love

Lyrics

Catfish john
G c
Chorus: mama said don't go near that river
G d
Don't be hanging round ole catfish john
G c
Come the mornin' I'd always be there
G d g
Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn
G c g c g
V1: take me back to another home to a time so long ago
C g d g
When the sweet magnolias blossomed cotton fields as white as snow

V2: catfish john was a river hobo living down by the river's bend
Thinkin' back I still remember I was proud to be his friend

(Chorus)

[ instrumental]

V 3: born a slavery down in richmond traded for a chestnut mare
Still he never spoke in anger though his load was hard to bear

(Chorus) 2x and tag