Catfish John
Composer(s): Bob McDill - Allen Reynolds
First release by: Johnny Russell - 1972
Covered by multiple other artists
Momma said don't go near that river
Don't be hangin' 'round old Catfish John
But come the morning I'd always be there
Walking in his footsteps in that sweet delta dawn
Born a slave in the town of Vicksburg
Traded for a chestnut mare
But he never spoke 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
But come the morning I'd always be there
Walking in his footsteps in that sweet delta dawn
Let me dream of another morning
Of a time so long ago
Where the sweet magnolias blossom
And cotton fields were white as snow
Momma said don't go near that river
Don't be hangin' 'round old Catfish John
But come the morning I'd always be there
Walking in his footsteps in that sweet delta dawn
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