Cry of the Wild Goose

<br>My heart knows what the wild goose knows,<br>I must go where the wild goose goes.<br>Wild goose, brother goose, which is best?<br>A wanderin` foot or a heart at rest? <br><br>Tonight I heard the wild goose cry,<br>Wingin` north in the lonely sky.<br>Tried to sleep, it weren`t no use,<br>`Cause I am a brother to the old wild goose, <br><br>(Oh, my heart knows what the wild goose knows,)<br>(And I must go where the wild goose goes.)<br>(Wild goose, brother goose, which is best?)<br>(A wanderin` foot or a heart at rest?) <br><br>Woman was kind and true to me.<br>She thinks she loves me, the more fool she.<br>She`s got a love that ain`t no use,<br>To love a brother of the old wild goose. <br><br>(My heart knows what the wild goose knows,)<br>(And I must go where the wild goose goes.)<br>(Wild goose, brother goose, which is best?)<br>(A wanderin` foot or a heart at rest?)<br>(Oh, you wild goose.) <br><br>The cabin is warm and the snow is deep,<br>I got a woman who lies asleep.<br>She`ll wake at tomorrow`s dawn,<br>She`ll find, poor critter, that her man is gone.<br>(Oh, you wild goose.) <br><br>My heart knows what the wild goose knows,<br>I must go where the wild goose goes.<br>Wild goose, brother goose, which is best?<br>A wanderin` foot or a heart at rest?<br>Let me fly, let me fly, let me fly away. <br><br>Spring is comin` and the ice will break,<br>I can`t linger for a woman`s sake.<br>She`ll see a shadow pass overhead.<br>She`ll find my feathers beside my bed. <br><br>(My heart knows what the wild goose knows,)<br>(And I must go where the wild goose goes.)<br>Wild goose, brother goose, which is best?<br>A wanderin` foot or a heart at rest? <br><br>(Wild goose, wild goose, wild goose, wild goose.)