There's a tune that the Chieftains play, called "The Wild Geese".
IIRC the liner notes say it's about the Irish emigrating to America.

Q: Why is the "V" formation that geese fly in usually longer on one side or the other?
A: Because one side has more geese in it.

Mad Tom - presently in the middle of the Tantramar Marshes (New Brunswick). The name is a corruption of an Acadian word, "tintamarre", meaning the loud noise caused by migrating waterfowl.