Frankie Laine The Cry Of The Wild Goose Lyrics

The Cry Of The Wild Goose Lyrics

The Cry Of the Wild Goose

 

 -Artist: Frankie Laine as sung on "Hell Bent For Leather": Columbia CS 8415

 -peak Billboard position # 1 for 2 weeks in 1950

 -competing version by Tennessee Ernie Ford peaked at #15

 -Words and Music by Terry Gilkyson

 

 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

 

 CHORUS

 (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

 

 CHORUS

 

 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

 

 CHORUS

 

 Transcribed by Robin Hood

 

 These lyrics were transcribed from the specific recording mentioned above

 and do not necessarily correspond with lyrics from other recordings, sheet

 music, songbooks or lyrics printed on album jackets.