H.M.S. Rose off Ferryland, August 1995. Printed from shanty.rendance.org Site contents © 1993-2009 Andrew Draskóy excepting product images and lyrics.
The Wild Goose Shanty

Did you ever see a wild goose
  Sailin' o'er the ocean
Ranzo, Ranzo, weigh, heigh
They're just like them pretty girls
  When they gets the notion
Ranzo, Ranzo, weigh, heigh

The other mornin'
  I was walkin' by the river
When I saw a young girl walkin'
  With her topsails all a-quiver

I said pretty fair maid
  And how are you this mornin'?
She said "None the better
  for the seeing of you."

Did you ever see a wild goose
  Sailin' o'er the ocean
They're just like them pretty girls
  When they gets the notion