[A] one sunday mornin, [A7] lawd lawd [E] lawd [E] preacher wen' a huntin, [E7sus] lawd lawd [A]lawd carried long his shotgun, lawd lawd lawd 'n a long come a grey goose, lawd lawd lawd the gun went off alone, lawd lawd lawd down come the grey goose, lawd lawd lawd he was six weeks a rollin, [Lawd #1] he was six weeks a haulin, [Lawd #2]
Well a my wife 'an your wife, [Lawd #1] they give a feather pickin', [Lawd #2] they been six weeks a pickin', lawd lawd lawd An' they put him on a parboil, lawd lawd lawd he was six weeks a boilin', [Lawd #1] An' they put him on de table, [Lawd #2]
And the fork couldn't stick him, [Lawd #1] And a knife couldn't cut him, [Lawd #2] And they throw them in a hog pen, lawd lawd lawd The HOGS couldn't eat him, lawd lawd lawd He broke the hog's teeth out, [Lawd #1] So they take him to the saw mill, [Lawd #2]
And the saws couldn't cut him, [Lawd #1] He broke the saw's teeth out, [Lawd #2] An' the last time i seen him, lawd lawd lawd He was flyin cross the ocean, lawd lawd lawd With a long trail o' goslins, [Lawd #1] And they're all goin "quack quack", [Lawd #2]
And they're all goin "quack quack", [Lawd #1] Thats the tale of the grey goose, [Lawd #2] lawd lawd law