CATFISH JOHN 
(Bob McDill / Allen Reynolds)
Charlie Waller & The Country Gentlemen


Ch. 

Mamma said: Don't go near that river 
Don't be hanging 'round old Catfish John 
From the morning I'd always be there 
Walkin' in his footsteps in the sweet Delta dawn

Let me dream of another morning 
And the time so long ago 
When the sweet magnolias blossomed 
Cottonfields were white as snow

Catfish John was a river hobo 
Lived and died where the river bends 
Searching back I still remember 
I was proud to be his friend

Ch.

Born a slave in town of Bixford 
Traded for a chestnut mare 
Still he never spoke in anger 
Though his load was heard to bear

Ch.
Walkin' in his footsteps in the sweet Delta dawn