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The Grey Goose

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The Grey Goose

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One Sunday morning, Lord, Lord, Lord

The preacher went a hunting, Lord, Lord, Lord

And he carried along a shotgun, Lord, Lord, Lord

And along came a grey goose, Lord, Lord, Lord

Well he shot down a grey goose, Lord, Lord, Lord

And the gun went a-boom-boom, Lord, Lord, Lord

And down come the grey goose, Lord, Lord, Lord

Took six weeks of falling, Lord, Lord, Lord

And six weeks calling, Lord, Lord, Lord

And they put him on the table, Lord, Lord, Lord

And your wife and my wife, Lord, Lord, Lord

There's time for feather pickin', Lord, Lord, Lord

But the fork wouldn't stick it, Lord, Lord, Lord

And the knife wouldn't cut it, Lord, Lord, Lord

And they put him in the oven, Lord, Lord, Lord

But the oven wouldn't burn him, Lord, Lord, Lord

And they him in the hog pen, Lord, Lord, Lord

But the hog couldn't eat it, Lord, Lord, Lord

And he broke the hogs teeth out, Lord, Lord, Lord

So they threw him in the sawmill, Lord, Lord, Lord

And the sawmill wouldn't cut him, Lord, Lord, Lord

And he broke the saws teeth off, Lord, Lord, Lord

And the last time I seen him, Lord, Lord, Lord

She was flyin' cross the ocean, Lord, Lord, Lord

With a long string o' goslings, Lord, Lord, Lord

And they're all goin' quing, quack, Lord, Lord, Lord.

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