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Grey Goose

from Hazelnut by Squirrel Butter

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9. Grey Goose:
This is a song of grit and resilience. We learned this mostly from Bessie Jones (1902-1984), who was a powerhouse singer & tradition bearer of African American folk songs. Some of the songs she learned from her grandfather, who was a former slave. We’ve also created a crankie art scroll of this song.

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One dark Monday mornin’, one dark Monday mornin’
Your daddy went a-huntin’, and he took along a shotgun
Along come a grey goose, and he pulled on the trigger
And the gun went a booballo, and down come the grey goose

He was six weeks fallin’, yeah six weeks fallin’
And we put him him on the wagon and we brought him
to the cool house
And me and your daddy, we get with feather picking
We were six weeks pickin’, yeah six weeks pickin’

And we put him on the fire, he was six weeks cookin’
And we put him on the table, he was still alive and kickin’
And the fork wasn’t sticking and the knife wasn’t cutting
So we took him to the sawmill and he broke the saws teeth out
So we throwed him in the hog pen and the hogs couldn’t eat him
And he broke the sow’s jawbone, yes he broke the sow’s jawbone

And the last time I seen him, he was flyin’ across the ocean
With three tail feathers and a long string of goslings
And they went a honk honk, ‘cause you can’t kill the grey goose
He’s a wise ol’ grey goose, no you can’t kill the grey goose
And they all went a honk honk, yes they all went a honk honk
Honk honk honk honk honk honk honk...

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from Hazelnut, released July 8, 2022
Traditional
vocal- Charmaine
slide guitar- Charlie

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Squirrel Butter Seattle, Washington

Based in Seattle, husband & wife duo Squirrel Butter, Charlie Beck & Charmaine Slaven, performs traditional and original music primarily influenced by Appalachian, early country, jug band, and blues artists from the late 1800’s through 1950’s.

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