Gray Goose Songtext
von Lead Belly

Well, las′ Monday mornin', Lawd, Lawd, Lawd,
Well, las′ Monday mornin', Lawd, Lawd, Lawd

My daddy went a-huntin'
Well, he carried along his zulu1
Well, along come a grey goose
Well, he throwed it to his shoulder,
An′ he ram his hammer′ way back

Well, he pulled on de trigger
Well, down he come a-windin'
He was six weeks a-fallin′
He was six weeks a-findin'
An′ he put him on de wagon,
An'he taken him to de white house


He was six weeks a-pickin′
Lordy, your wife an'my wife,
Oh, they give a feather pickin'
An′ they put him on to parboil2
He was six months a-parboil′,
An' they put him on de table,

Now, de fork couldn′ stick him,
An' de knife couldn′t cut him
An' they throwed him in de hog-pen,
An′ he broke de ol'sow's jawbone

An′ they taken him to de sawmill,
An′ he broke de saw's teeth out
An′ de las' time I seed him,
Well, he′s flyin' across de ocean,
Wid a long string o′ goslin's,
An' they all goin′: quank quink-quank