Tonight I heard the wild goose cry

Wingin' north in the lonely sky

Tried to sleep, but it ain't no use

'Cause I am the brother to the old wild goose



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' foot or a heart at rest



The cabin is warm and the snow is deep

And I've got a woman, she lies asleep

When she wakes at tomorrow's dawn

She'll find, poor critter, that her man is gone



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' foot or a heart at rest



My woman was kind and true to me

Thinks she loves me, the mournful she

She's gotta learn that it ain't no use

To love the brother to the old wild goose



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' foot or a heart at rest



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

She'll find a feather beside my bed



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' foot or a heart at rest

Wild goose