Catfish John

D G D Momma said don't go near that river A Don't be hanging round ole Catfish John D G D But come the morning I'd always be there A D Walking in his footsteps in that sweet delta dawn G D Born a slave in the town of Vicksburg G A Traded for a chestnut mare G D But he never spoke in anger A D Though his load was hard to bear D G D Momma said don't go near that river A Don't be hanging round ole Catfish John D G D But come the morning I'd always be there A D Walking in his footsteps in that sweet delta dawn G D Let me dream of another morning G A Of a time so long ago G D Where the sweet magnolias blossom A And the cotton fields were white as snow