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?



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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