Lyr. Add: DE GREY GOOSE (Prison)
Sung by iron Head

Well, las' Monday mornin',
Lawd, Lawd, Lawd,
Well, las' Monday mornin',
Lawd, Lawd, Lawd,
My daddy went a huntin', etc.

Huntin' for de grey goose, etc.,
An' he went to de big wood,
An' he took along his Zulu,
An' de houn' dog he wen' too,
Houn' dog 'gin to whinin',
Long come a grey goose,
Well, up to his shoulder,
An' 'ram back de hammer,
An' pull on de trigger,
An' de gun wen' boo-loo,
Down he come a-fallin', An' he put him on de waggin,
An' he taken him to de white house,
Oh, yo' wife an' my wife,
They'll give a feather pickin';
He was six weeks a-pickin',
An' dey put him on a-cookin';
He was six weeks a-cookin';
An' dey put him on de table,
An' de fork couldn' stick him.
Well, dey throwed him in de hog pen,
An' de hogs couldn' eat him,
Well, he broke the old sow's jawbone,
So dey taken him to se sawmill,
An' he broke de saw's teeth out,
An' de las' time I seed her,
She was flyin' 'cross de ocean,
Had a long string o' goslin's,
An' dey all went "Quonk, quonk,"
Lawd, Lawd, Lawd,
An' dey all went "Quonk, quonk,"
Lawd, Lawd, Lawd.

Pp. 242-143, with brief musical score;
John A. and Alan Lomax, American Ballads and Folk Songs. The Macmillan Co.,

A fragment is printed, with musical score; Grey Goose; in Bruce Jackson, Wake Up Dead Man; pp. 96-97. Harvard Univ. Press.