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Thread #56342   Message #880791
Posted By: Melani
02-Feb-03 - 03:32 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Ranzo Ray
Subject: RE: Origins: Ranzo Ray
I think that one is a different Wild Goose-Ranzo combination. The one I'm thinking of is a bunting chantey:

Did you ever see a wild goose sailing over the ocean?
Ranzo, Ranzo, way hey!
Just like the pretty girls when they get the notion-
Ranzo, Ranzo, way hey!

I've heard the Hugill one above called "Huckleberry Hunting." There are a lot of different chanteys with references to Ranzo and wild geese, not always both in the same song.

Anybody know what the "Wild Goose Nation" refers to?