Pete Seeger — Grey Goose

Last Monday morning, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd Preacher went a-hunting, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd He took along a shotgun, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd He was hunting for the grey goose, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd Grey goose came a-flying, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd He was way high a-flying, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd Well, he pulled that trigger way back, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd The hammer went click-clack, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd The grey goose came a-falling, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd Then they put him on the wagon, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd And took him to the de white house, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd Then your wife and my wife, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd They had a feather picking, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd He was six weeks a-picking, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd Then they put him on to parboil, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd He was six months a-parboiling, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd Then they put him on the table, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd And the knife wouldn't stick him, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd And the fork wouldn't prick him, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd So they throw'd him out to the hog pen, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd And he broke old Gerry's jaw-bone, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd So they throw'd him to the saw-mill, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd He broke that saw's teeth out, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd The last time I saw him, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd He was flying across the ocean, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd With a long string of goslins, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd And they all went quink-quanck, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd