Catfish John
Bob McDill, Allen Reynolds
Let me dream of another morning
And the time so long ago
Where the sweet magnolias blossom
Cotton's fields as white as snow
Catfish john was a river hobo
Lived and dieon the river bend
Looking back I still remember
I was glad to be his friend
Mama said don't go near that river
Don't be hangin'around old catfish john
Come the morning I'll always be there
Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta down
Born a slave in the town of pittsburg
Traded for a chestunt mare
Still he never spoke in angel
Though his love is hard to bare
* Refrain
Walkin' in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn
THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - Vanguard 1972
Let me dream of another morning
And the time so long ago
Where the sweet magnolias blossom
Cotton's fields as white as snow
Catfish john was a river hobo
Lived and dieon the river bend
Looking back I still remember
I was glad to be his friend
Mama said don't go near that river
Don't be hangin'around old catfish john
Come the morning I'll always be there
Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta down
Born a slave in the town of pittsburg
Traded for a chestunt mare
Still he never spoke in angel
Though his love is hard to bare
* Refrain
Walkin' in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn
THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - Vanguard 1972