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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Don't go near that river,
Don't be hanging around
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old Catfish John
always be there,
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Verse 2
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to a time so long ago,
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When the sweet magnolia blossomed,
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cotton fields as white as snow.
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Catfish John was a river hobo who lived
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an d died by the river's bed,
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Looking back I still remember I was
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proud to be his friend.
Verse 4
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Don't go near that river,
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Catfish John
Come in the morning I'd
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Walking in his footsteps in the sweet Delta dawn.
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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Born a slave in the town of Vicksburg,
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traded for a chestnut mare,
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Lord her never spoke in anger though
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Verse 6
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Mama said, "Don't go near that river,
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always be there,
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sweet Delta dawn.
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Walking in his footsteps in the sweet
Outro 1
Delta dawn.
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