Here's Alan Frank' adaptation of the song, very short!

  X:1
  T:The Goose And The Beak
  D:Patty Vetta & Alan Franks cd - Will
  C:Alan Franks
  Z:Mick Pearce
  M:6/8
  L:1/8
  Q:3/8=66
  K:E
  (EF) |G2 F E2 C |B,3 z (G,B,) |C E2 z
  w:The_ law con-demns the man or_ wo-man
  (G,B,) |G2 E A3 |z2 G F2 E |F B,2 z2
  w:Who_ steals the goose from off the com-mon
  B, |B2 A G2 B |AGF- F2
  w:And lets the great-er fel-on loose_
  B, |(B,E)F G B2 |G2 F E3- |E3 z||
  w:Who steals_ the com-mon from the goose_ 
  W:
  W:The rambling beak installed in session
  W:Is one part ass, nine parts posession.
  W:Twelve men and women seldom seek
  W:To steal the session from the beak.
  W:
  W:
  W:The law condemns the man or woman
  W:Who steals the goose from off the common
  W:And lets the greater felon loose
  W:Who steals the common from the goose.
  

Mick