And I must go where the wild goose goes
 Wild goose, brother goose, which is best?
 A wanderin' fool or a heart at rest?

 Tonight I heard the wild goose cry
 Hangin' north in the lonely sky
 Tried to sleep, it warn't no use
 'cause I am a brother to the old wild goose

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 (Oh, my heart knows what the wild goose knows)
 (And I must go where the wild goose goes)
 Wild goose, brother goose, which is best?
 A wanderin' fool or a heart at rest?

 Woman was kind and true to me
 She thinks she loves me, more fool she!
 She's got a love that ain't no use
 To love a brother of the old wild goose

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 The cabin is warm and the snow is deep
 And I got a woman who lies asleep
 She'll wake up tomorrow's dawn
 And find, poor critter, that her man is gone

 (Oh, my heart knows what the wild goose knows)
 (And I must go where the wild goose goes)
 (Wild goose, brother goose, which is best?)
 (A wanderin' fool or a heart at rest?)

 Let me fly, let me fly, let me fly away

 Spring is comin' and the ice will break
 And I can't linger for a woman's sake
 She'll see a shadow pass overhead
 And she'll find a feather 'side her bed

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