Last Monday morning, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd
Preacher went a-hunting, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd
He took along a shotgun, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd
He was hunting for the grey goose, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd
Grey goose came a-flying, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd
He was way high a-flying, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd

Well, he pulled that trigger way back, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd
The hammer went click-clack, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd
The grey goose came a-falling, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd
Then they put him on the wagon, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd
And took him to the de white house, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd

Then your wife and my wife, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd
They had a feather picking, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd
He was six weeks a-picking, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd

Then they put him on to parboil, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd
He was six months a-parboiling, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd
Then they put him on the table, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd
And the knife wouldn't stick him, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd
And the fork wouldn't prick him, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd
So they throw'd him out to the hog pen, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd

And he broke old Gerry's jaw-bone, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd
So they throw'd him to the saw-mill, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd
He broke that saw's teeth out, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd
The last time I saw him, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd
He was flying across the ocean, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd
With a long string of goslins, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd
And they all went quink-quanck, Lawd, Lawd, Lawd