Catfish John
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Alison Krauss"Catfish John" is a song by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Alison Krauss, released in 2017 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:51 long and contains 24 lines and 211 words.
Lyrics
0:23Mama said don't go near that river
0:28Don't be hanging around old Catfish John
0:35Come the morning I'd always be there
0:40Walking in his footsteps in the sweet Delta dawn
0:46Born a slave in the town of Vicksburg traded for a chestnut mare
0:56Lord he never spoke in anger though his load was hard to bear
1:08Mama said don't go near that river
1:14Don't be hanging around old Catfish John
1:20Come the morning I'd always be there
1:25Walking in his footsteps in the sweet Delta dawn
1:52Catfish John was a river hobo who lived and died by the river bed
2:03Thinking back I still remember I was proud to be his friend
2:15Mama said don't go near that river
2:21Don't be hanging around old Catfish John
2:27Come the morning I'd always be there
2:32Walking in his footsteps in the sweet Delta dawn
2:59Let me dream in another morning to a time so long ago
3:10When the sweet magnolia blossomed cotton fields as white as snow
3:22Mama said don't go near that river
3:27Don't be hanging around old Catfish John
3:34Come the morning I'd always be there
3:39Walking in his footsteps in the sweet Delta dawn
3:46Come the morning I'd always be there
3:51Walking in his footsteps in the sweet Delta dawn
Mama said don't go near that river Don't be hanging around old Catfish John Come the morning I'd always be there Walking in his footsteps in the sweet Delta dawn Born a slave in the town of Vicksburg traded for a chestnut mare Lord he never spoke in anger though his load was hard to bear Mama said don't go near that river Don't be hanging around old Catfish John Come the morning I'd always be there Walking in his footsteps in the sweet Delta dawn Catfish John was a river hobo who lived and died by the river bed Thinking back I still remember I was proud to be his friend Mama said don't go near that river Don't be hanging around old Catfish John Come the morning I'd always be there Walking in his footsteps in the sweet Delta dawn Let me dream in another morning to a time so long ago When the sweet magnolia blossomed cotton fields as white as snow Mama said don't go near that river Don't be hanging around old Catfish John Come the morning I'd always be there Walking in his footsteps in the sweet Delta dawn Come the morning I'd always be there Walking in his footsteps in the sweet Delta dawn
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