Catfish Kate

Am E F C x2

Call me devil, call me friend

But call me blackjack hooligan

I came all the way from Aberdeen

To live among the go-betweens

Let me tell ya ‘bout Catfish Kate

In the time before when she’s just Kate

Here in the mountains, all alone

Before the time we called this home

Where is my angel fallen

Down at the river bottom

And will she get away?

Where is my Blackfoot blossom

Is she just playing possum

Who lives another day?

In the valley that we all know

A river bend that’s deep and slow

Where every creature drinks their fill

And other creatures take their kill

Now Kate went to catch a fish

To put inside her favorite dish

A creature grabbed her by the head

And took her to his house instead

Where is my angel fallen

Down at the river bottom

And will she get away?

Where is my Blackfoot blossom

Is she just playing possum

Who lives another day?

They wrestled all the day and night

The morning showed the bloody sight

Kate all dressed in catfish clothes

His whiskers for her catfish robe

Whiskers for her robe

Where is my angel fallen

Down at the river bottom

And is she there to stay?

Where is my Blackfoot blossom

Is she just playing possum

Who lives another day?

Now she’s known as catfish Kate