Deliziosa canzoncina la cui prima versione risale al 1893, e che da tempo uno spot televisivo periodicamente ci ricorda.
Ecco, un piccolo pregio del consumistico rito dell'appuntamento con le reclames televisive è stato (ri)scoprire questa filastrocca, piuttosto famosa in America.
Il signor Johnson vuole crudelmente sbarazzarsi di un gatto rosso (a yellow cat)...ma il gatto trova sempre il modo di ritornare a casa.
Una versione di Riley Puckett, del 1937
La recente versione di Fred Penner:
Prestandosi ad essere canticchiata dai bambini, la canzone, scritta a fine Ottocento da Harry Miller e che oltreoceano è un classico folk, nel tempo si è arricchita di simpatiche e gustose strofe.
Eccone alcune:
"Old Mister Johnson had troubles of his own
He had a yellow cat which wouldn't leave its home;
He tried and he tried to give the cat away,
He gave it to a man goin' far, far away.
But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.
Away across the ocean they did send the cat at last,
Vessel only out a day and making water fast;
People all began to pray, the boat began to toss,
A great big gust of wind came by and every soul was lost.
But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.
Away, away, yea, yea, yea
On a telegraph wire, sparrows sitting in a bunch,
The cat was feeling hungry, thought she'd like 'em for a lunch;
Climbing softly up the pole, and when she reached the top,
Put her foot upon the electric wire, which tied her in a knot.
But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.
Away, away, yea, yea, yea
The atom bomb fell just the other day,
The H-Bomb fell in the very same way;
Russia went, England went, and then the U.S.A.
The human race was finished without a chance to pray.
But the cat came back the very next day,
The cat came back, we thought he was a goner
But the cat came back; it just couldn't stay away.
Away, away, yea, yea, yea."
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