[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 [bad word] a grey goose, lawd lawd lawd
the gun went off alone, lawd lawd lawd
 [bad word] 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