The Best Campfire Song Ever

I took my son camping last weekend up at Huddart Park and we had a great time. There were five families with a total of 12 kids, ages 6 mos. to 8 years old, on the overnight. My great friend, John, came along with his guitar to sing some campfire songs.

We dusted off the classics that John and I used to sing when we were in Boy Scouts together. The best of the group is The Cat Came Back. For those of you who aren't familiar with it, take a minute to absorb the genius, which is The Cat Came Back:

The Cat Came Back

Old farmer Johnson had troubles of his own
He had a yellow cat that wouldn't leave him alone
He tried and he tried to give that cat away
Gave him to a man going very far away

But the cat came back, the very next day
Oh the cat came back, they thought he was a gonner
But the cat came back, he just couldn't stay away, away, away

Gave it to a man going way out west
Told him to give it to the one he loved the best
First the train jumped the track, then it slipped the rail
No one is alive today to tell the sad detail

Gave it to someone going up in a balloon
Told him to give it to the man in the moon
Balloon came down about 90 miles away
But where the pilot is today I cannot say

Gave it to a little boy with a dollar and a note
Told him to go up the river in a little boat
To tie a rope around its neck and a weight of 20 pounds
Now they tell the tale of the little boy that drowned

Man on the corner swore he'd shoot that cat on sight
He loaded up his shotgun with nails and dynamite
He waited and he waited for that cat to come around
Nine-seven pieces of that man is all they found

The bombs started dropping just the other day
The missles were fired in the very same way
Russia’s gone, China’s gone, and now the USA [Sobs]
The human race perished with hardly a chance to pray