Ryan's Fancy recorded it.

The Wild Goose (Wade Hemsworth)

On Pukaskwa River so early this morning
While mending my trumpline I hear the geese calling
Over the brule, long clamouring cry
Flying formation against the grey sky

Chorus:

Comes the wild goose
The wild goose
High over the north shore
And I'm going home

The river is open but the lake's frozen over;
It's time to pack out when so late in October
Winter's a-coming, the wild geese know
We've had a long fall and it's time to go

With the wild goose
The wild goose
High over the north shore
And I'm going home

I've made lots of money, got money to burn
And when I have spent it I know I'll return
After the freeze-up, when snow is dry,
For to work in the tall woods - I wish that I

Were a wild goose
The wild goose
High over the north shore
And I'm going home

I've worked in the bush and spent money in town;
I'd like to get married but I can't settle down
At the last portage, when I'll pack no more
Let me fly with the wild goose high over north shore

With the wild goose,
The wild goose,
High over the north shore
And I'm going home

© 1962 Southern Publishing Co. Ltd.