| Call me devil, call me friend
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| But call me Black Jack Hooligan
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| I came all the way from Aberdeen
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| To live among the go-betweens
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| Let me tell you about Catfish Kate
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| In the time before when she’s just Kate
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| Here in the mountains, all alone
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| Before the time we called this home
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| Where is my angel fallen?
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| Down at the river bottom
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| And will she get away?
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| Where is my Blackfoot blossom?
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| Is she just playing possum
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| Who lives another day?
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| Here in the valley that we all know
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| A river bend that’s deep and slow
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| Where every creature drinks their fill
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| And other creatures take their kill
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| Now Kate had went to catch a fish
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| To put inside her favorite dish
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| A catfish grabbed her by the head
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| And took her to his house instead
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| Where is my angel fallen?
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| Down at the river bottom
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| And will she get away?
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| Where is my Blackfoot blossom?
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| Is she just playing possum
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| Who lives another day?
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| Well, they wrestled all the day and night
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| The morning showed the bloody sight
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| Kate all dressed in catfish clothes
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| His whiskers for her catfish robe
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| Whiskers for her robe
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| Where is my angel fallen?
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| Down at the river bottom
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| And is she there to stay?
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| Where is my Blackfoot blossom?
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| Is she just playing possum
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| Who lives another day?
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| Now she’s known as Catfish Kate |