Biography:
Mac Wiseman (Malcolm B. Wiseman, May 23, 1925 – February 24, 2019) was an American bluegrass singer, guitarist and songwriter.
Born in Crimora, Virginia, he attended school in New Hope Virginia and graduated from high school there in 1943. He studied at the Shenandoah Conservatory in Dayton, Virginia, before it moved to Winchester, Virginia in 1960, and started his career as a disc jockey at WSVA-AM in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
His musical career began as upright bass player in the band of country singer Molly O'Day.
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Catfish John
Mac Wiseman
Album: 24 Greatest Hits (2006)
[Chorus]
A D A
Mama said don't go near that river
E
Don't go hangin' around old catfish John
A D A
Come the morning I'd always be there
E A
Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.
A D A
Let me dream of another morning
D A
Of a time so long ago
D A
When the sweet magnolias blossomed
E A
Cotton fields were white as snow.
A D A
Catfish John was a river hobo
D A
And he lived around the bend
D A
Thinkin' back I still remember
E A
I was proud to call him friend.
[Repeat Chorus]
A D A
Born a slave in the town of Vicksburg
D A
Traded for a chestnut mare
D A
Still he never spoke in anger
E A
Though his load was hard to bear.
[Repeat Chorus]
A E A
Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.
Mac Wiseman
Album: 24 Greatest Hits (2006)
[Chorus]
A D A
Mama said don't go near that river
E
Don't go hangin' around old catfish John
A D A
Come the morning I'd always be there
E A
Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.
A D A
Let me dream of another morning
D A
Of a time so long ago
D A
When the sweet magnolias blossomed
E A
Cotton fields were white as snow.
A D A
Catfish John was a river hobo
D A
And he lived around the bend
D A
Thinkin' back I still remember
E A
I was proud to call him friend.
[Repeat Chorus]
A D A
Born a slave in the town of Vicksburg
D A
Traded for a chestnut mare
D A
Still he never spoke in anger
E A
Though his load was hard to bear.
[Repeat Chorus]
A E A
Walking in his footsteps in the sweet delta dawn.
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