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CHORUS:
A D
Mama said don't go near that river
A E
Don't be hanging round old Catfish John
A D
Come the morning I'd always be there
A E A
Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn
VERSE:
D A
Take me back to another morning
D A
To a time so long ago
D A
Where the sweet magnolia blossomed
A E A
Cotton fields were white as snow
Catfish John was a river hobo
Lived and died by the river's bend
Looking back I still remember
I was proud to be his friend
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Born a slave in the town of Richmond
Traded for a chestnut mare
Lord he never spoke in anger
Though his load was hard to bear
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Walking in his footsteps in the sweet Delta dawn